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Airport · ATW · Appleton, Wisconsin

Appleton, WI

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Appleton, WI (ATW) ranks #133 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Appleton, WI posts below-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

82.3%
On-time
Top 63%
on-time, US airports
88 min
Delay when late
0.97%
Cancelled
#133 of 382
Corpus placement
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ATW on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%82.3%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 517,486.

Late Aircraft 18.9% (97,566 min)
Carrier 51.1% (264,297 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 17.4% (89,886 min)
Weather 12.7% (65,492 min)
Security 0.0% (245 min)

ATW - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: October (93.8%) · worst: December (89.3%)

89%90%91%92%93%94%95% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 89.3%

ATW - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

90%92%94%96%98% 202020212022202320242025 96.6% 90.6% ▼ -6.2%

ATW - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 18.8 min · taxi-in 6.2 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min Jan 24Dec 25 23.1 min 25.1 min ▲ +8.7%

ATW's average taxi-out (18.8 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 14.9 min (May 2024) to 27.0 min (January 2025).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Appleton, WI.

Cancellation Rate

0.97%

618 of 63,493 flights

Diversion Rate

0.07%

44 of 63,493 flights

Delay Rate

17.7%

11,237 of 63,493 flights

Top Routes from ATW

Busiest routes to and from Appleton, WI.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
ATW (Appleton) → ORD (Chicago) 7,968 78.4% 160 mi
ORD (Chicago) → ATW (Appleton) 7,968 77.8% 160 mi
ATW (Appleton) → MSP (Minneapolis) 5,714 85.4% 236 mi
MSP (Minneapolis) → ATW (Appleton) 5,710 85.6% 236 mi
DTW (Detroit) → ATW (Appleton) 5,201 84.7% 296 mi
ATW (Appleton) → DTW (Detroit) 5,199 85.1% 296 mi
ATL (Atlanta) → ATW (Appleton) 1,967 86.7% 765 mi
ATW (Appleton) → ATL (Atlanta) 1,967 88.6% 765 mi
DEN (Denver) → ATW (Appleton) 1,872 70.9% 883 mi
ATW (Appleton) → DEN (Denver) 1,869 76.6% 883 mi
CLT (Charlotte) → ATW (Appleton) 1,340 78.1% 742 mi
ATW (Appleton) → CLT (Charlotte) 1,312 87% 742 mi
ATW (Appleton) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 525 86.3% 908 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → ATW (Appleton) 525 78.5% 908 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Appleton, WI, both outside Wisconsin so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 82.3%).

Ontario, CA

Ontario, CA

82.3% on-time 272,856 flights

Oklahoma City, OK

Oklahoma City, OK

82.3% on-time 248,285 flights

Bozeman, MT

Bozeman, MT

82.3% on-time 117,386 flights

Manchester, NH

Manchester, NH

82.3% on-time 69,564 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 63,493).

Pasco/Kennewick/Richland, WA

Pasco/Kennewick/Richland, WA

63,750 flights 86.9% on-time

Fort Wayne, IN

Fort Wayne, IN

62,234 flights 80.9% on-time

Jackson, WY

Jackson, WY

64,902 flights 80.7% on-time

Charlotte Amalie, VI

Charlotte Amalie, VI

61,916 flights 81.5% on-time

Other Airports in Wisconsin

Compare performance with other Wisconsin airports.

MKE 82.3%

Milwaukee, WI

Milwaukee · 299,952 flights
MSN 83.1%

Madison, WI

Madison · 127,239 flights
GRB 85.5%

Green Bay, WI

Green Bay · 48,314 flights
CWA 87.4%

Mosinee, WI

Mosinee · 16,116 flights
LSE 87%

La Crosse, WI

La Crosse · 13,386 flights
RHI 87.3%

Rhinelander, WI

Rhinelander · 9,618 flights
EAU 84.5%

Eau Claire, WI

Eau Claire · 5,152 flights

ATW delay-share reading

The standout signal at Appleton, WI is the delay mix: Carrier owns 51.1% of 517,486 delay minutes across 63,493 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 82.3% (3.3 pts above the 79% national average), with 11,237 delayed and 618 cancelled (0.97%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (18.9% late-aircraft, 51.1% carrier, 17.4% NAS, 12.7% weather, 0.0% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.

On the multi-year calendar, ATW is strongest in October (93.8% on-time) and weakest in December (89.3%), a 4.5-point swing. Volume peaks in July (~956 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to ORD (Chicago) at 78.4% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Wisconsin: Wisconsin flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using ATW's data

ATW's on-time book is mid-pack; month and delay-cause mix move more than the headline rate.

  • Check the busiest route from ATW before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in October rather than December if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 18.8 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.