Flight profile · SkyWest Airlines
OO5648
Milwaukee (MKE) to Chicago (ORD) · scheduled 5:46 PM – 6:55 PM
How OO5648 performs
867 operations, 2023-07-08 to 2026-06-30.
OO5648 arrived on time 58.2% of the time, against 72.5% for all MKE → ORD flights — this specific departure is 14.2 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against SkyWest Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 13.9 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 867 operations between 2023-07-08 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO5648 | 58.2% | 3.11% | 9 min | 15.7% | 867 |
| SkyWest Airlines on MKE → ORD | 72.1% | 2.65% | -3 min | 12.6% | 10,076 |
| All MKE → ORD flights | 72.5% | 2.79% | -3 min | 12.4% | 10,637 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-08 to 2026-06-30
By day of week
Does OO5648 run worse on particular days?
Saturday is historically the most reliable day and Friday the least, a gap of 19.8 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-08 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.
Other routes OO5648 has flown
A flight number is a slot in a schedule, and carriers reassign it. These are the other city pairs this number served in the analysis period.
| Route | Operated | Flights | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| RDM→SFO Redmond to San Francisco | 2026-05-06 – 2026-05-20 | 3 | — |
| SAF→DEN Santa Fe to Denver | 2026-02-12 – 2026-03-28 | 45 | — |
| SBN→ORD South Bend to Chicago | 2026-01-06 – 2026-02-11 | 37 | — |
| SFO→OMA San Francisco to Omaha | 2024-05-05 – 2024-05-05 | 1 | — |
| CVG→ORD Cincinnati / Covington to Chicago | 2024-04-15 – 2024-04-22 | 2 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route OO5648 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Why OO5648 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
crew, maintenance, boarding, fuelling — within the carrier’s control
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for OO5648 on MKE → ORD. A single late flight can carry more than one cause, and only delays of fifteen minutes or more are attributed at all.
Other departures on MKE → ORD
Same airports, same journey — and not the same odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO5799 | SkyWest Airlines | 86.9% | 20 min early | 687 |
| OO4803 | SkyWest Airlines | 81.7% | 6 min early | 970 |
| OO5402 | SkyWest Airlines | 74.4% | 1 min early | 1,027 |
| OO4740 | SkyWest Airlines | 74.1% | 1 min early | 960 |
Every departure listed carries at least 600 operations, so the comparison is between figures that mean something. Schedules change; confirm the departure still operates before booking around this.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 867 records of OO5648 operating MKE → ORD, published by the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule. Cancelled and diverted flights are excluded from the on-time rate and reported separately. Flight numbers are resolved as carrier plus number plus route, because the same number serves different routes over time.