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Direct Flights from St Louis to Milwaukee

Milwaukee · Wisconsin

Nonstop service from STL to MKE on Southwest. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.

Airlines
Southwest
Nonstop flights
~2/day
Distance
318 mi
Flight time
~1h 10mgate to gate
Elevation
723 ftabout the same as home
Days operated
Daily (all week)
Great-circle flight path from St Louis (STL) to Milwaukee (MKE), 318 miles nonstop.STLMKE

How rare is this nonstop?

27 cities have a nonstop to Milwaukee, St Louis among them.

How long to go to Milwaukee for, from St Louis

1h 10m in the air, 318 miles: short enough that a single night in Milwaukee is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.

About Milwaukee

Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee is the largest city in the state of Wisconsin, United States. The city celebrates its heritage as a major center for beer-brewing, and of it German and Polish communities. It is now known for its many festivals.

Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).

Top things to do in Milwaukee

  1. The Milwaukee Art Museum is an art museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Its collection of nearly 35,000 works of art and gallery spaces totaling 150,000 sq. ft.
  2. The Milwaukee County Zoo is a zoo in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that is operated by the Milwaukee County Parks Commission, covering an area of 190 acres (77 ha).
  3. The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist is the episcopal see of the Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  4. The Milwaukee Public Museum is a natural and human history museum in the Westown neighborhood of Downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The museum was chartered in 1882 and opened to the public in 1884.
  5. Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory is a conservatory located at Mitchell Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. The conservatory opened in 1964 following five years of construction.
  6. Niagara was a 245-foot (75 m) long sidewheel palace steamer launched in 1845. It carried passengers and cargo around the North American Great Lakes. It was owned by the Collingwood Line.
  7. Lake Park is an urban park covering 138.1 acres (559,000 m2), stretching 1 mile (1.6 km) on a bluff above Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  8. The Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, also referred to as the Haggerty Museum of Art or The Haggerty, is an art museum located on the campus of Marquette University in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  9. The Grohmann Museum at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) is an art museum located Milwaukee, Wisconsin, whose collection focuses on the historical evolution and visual representation of human labor.
  10. SS Milwaukee was a train ferry that served on Lake Michigan. It was launched in 1902 and sank with all hands off Milwaukee on October 22, 1929. Fifty-two men were lost with the vessel.
  11. The Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church is an Eastern Orthodox church located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  12. Washington Park (1900) originally called West Park is a park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the United States. From 1892–1958 the park was home to the Milwaukee County Zoo.

Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).

Milwaukee weather, compared with St Louis

10° cooler than St Louis on average across the year, on daytime highs:

January
Milwaukee 30°F · St Louis 41°F · 10° colder
April
Milwaukee 54°F · St Louis 68°F · 14° colder
July
Milwaukee 81°F · St Louis 90°F · 9° colder
October
Milwaukee 60°F · St Louis 69°F · 9° colder

January bottoms out near 30°F — a real coat, not a layer.

Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at the nearest weather station to each city.

Planning a trip to Milwaukee

Best time to visit
The best time to visit Milwaukee is May–October, when daytime highs are a comfortable 60–81°F.
How long to stay
Milwaukee rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee County Zoo, and Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (Milwaukee) and beyond.

Frequently asked questions

Is there a direct flight from St Louis to Milwaukee?
Yes — you can fly nonstop from St Louis (STL) to Milwaukee (MKE) on Southwest.
Which airlines fly nonstop from St Louis to Milwaukee?
Southwest flies nonstop between St Louis (STL) and Milwaukee (MKE).
How many nonstop flights are there from St Louis to Milwaukee?
There are about 2 nonstop departures per day (roughly 14 per week) from St Louis to Milwaukee.
How far is Milwaukee from St Louis?
Milwaukee is about 318 miles from St Louis by air.
What is there to do in Milwaukee?
Popular things to do include Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee County Zoo, Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (Milwaukee), Milwaukee Public Museum, and more.

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