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BHM → MDW

Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport Chicago Midway International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
85.9%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
0.7%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
61 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
440
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 35%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 34%
  • Air traffic control & airport 31%
  • Extreme weather 0%
  • Security 0%

Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).

On-time arrivals by month
Sep 2025 Aug 2026
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MonthOn timeFlights
September 2025 91.5% 47
October 2025 82.1% 56
November 2025 78.6% 45
December 2025 83.7% 44
January 2026 93.1% 30
February 2026 88.9% 27
March 2026 83.3% 31
April 2026 93.9% 33
May 2026 82.4% 35
June 2026 86.7% 30
July 2026 96.8% 31
August 2026 74.2% 31

Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data, September 2025 – August 2026. Covers flights operated by reporting U.S. carriers. About our data

Airlines on this route

AirlineFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg. delay when late
Southwest Airlines 440 85.9% 0.7% 61 min

Delay odds by flight

How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.

  • WN440

    6% late · 53 flights

  • WN512

    10% late · 49 flights

  • WN915

    9% late · 45 flights

  • WN442

    0% late · 36 flights

  • WN1955

    6% late · 31 flights

  • WN3197

    3% late · 31 flights

  • WN924

    31% late · 31 flights

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