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DEN → MDW

Denver International Airport Chicago Midway International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
74.4%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
1.6%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
62 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
2,197
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 49%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 34%
  • Air traffic control & airport 15%
  • Extreme weather 2%
  • 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 78.8% 203
October 2025 83.6% 214
November 2025 84.9% 187
December 2025 71.4% 195
January 2026 85.9% 156
February 2026 78.1% 138
March 2026 69.8% 171
April 2026 76.1% 161
May 2026 75.2% 163
June 2026 61.2% 201
July 2026 70.2% 212
August 2026 60.5% 196

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 2,140 74.1% 1.6% 61 min
Frontier Airlines 57 83.9% 1.8% 93 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • WN2529

    14% late · 69 flights

  • WN1603

    39% late · 61 flights

  • WN755

    12% late · 60 flights

  • WN1939

    5% late · 58 flights

  • WN1941

    12% late · 58 flights

  • WN1590

    36% late · 57 flights

  • WN1604

    74% late · 52 flights

  • WN1598

    2% late · 51 flights

  • WN2090

    24% late · 51 flights

  • WN482

    12% late · 50 flights

  • WN1454

    27% late · 42 flights

  • WN2532

    25% late · 42 flights

  • WN818

    20% late · 42 flights

  • WN2613

    10% late · 41 flights

  • F92210

    21% late · 40 flights

  • WN114

    6% late · 36 flights

  • WN1601

    39% late · 36 flights

  • WN1615

    66% late · 36 flights

  • WN1447

    42% late · 33 flights

  • WN2115

    10% late · 33 flights

  • WN2556

    18% late · 33 flights

  • WN2761

    13% late · 33 flights

  • WN4651

    68% late · 32 flights

  • WN1478

    6% late · 31 flights

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