Route
DTW → MDW
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Chicago Midway International Airport
How punctual is this route?
- On-time arrivals
- 73.9%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 1.1%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 57 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 1,184
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Air traffic control & airport 35%
- Late-arriving aircraft 35%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 28%
- Extreme weather 2%
- Security 0%
Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).
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| Month | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 85.3% | 150 |
| October 2025 | 85.1% | 154 |
| November 2025 | 80.4% | 99 |
| December 2025 | 67.0% | 89 |
| January 2026 | 74.7% | 87 |
| February 2026 | 83.3% | 80 |
| March 2026 | 74.1% | 89 |
| April 2026 | 78.8% | 86 |
| May 2026 | 72.4% | 87 |
| June 2026 | 55.3% | 86 |
| July 2026 | 58.0% | 89 |
| August 2026 | 55.7% | 88 |
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
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg. delay when late |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 1,047 | 72.4% | 1.2% | 57 min |
| SkyWest Airlines | 137 | 84.7% | 0.0% | 61 min |
Delay odds by flight
How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.
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OO3858
17% late · 69 flights
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OO3869
13% late · 67 flights
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WN1782
59% late · 60 flights
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WN2587
21% late · 58 flights
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WN4789
16% late · 57 flights
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WN4416
13% late · 55 flights
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WN1781
16% late · 52 flights
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WN3431
45% late · 46 flights
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WN4263
14% late · 45 flights
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WN2141
40% late · 43 flights
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WN507
70% late · 43 flights
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WN2712
17% late · 42 flights
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WN878
14% late · 42 flights
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WN2861
13% late · 33 flights
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WN1448
16% late · 31 flights
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WN3618
10% late · 31 flights
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WN4121
23% late · 31 flights
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WN4355
32% late · 28 flights
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WN459
30% late · 23 flights
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WN1725
50% late · 22 flights
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WN2774
19% late · 21 flights
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WN1422
40% late · 20 flights
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