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MCI → MDW

Kansas City International Airport Chicago Midway International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
80.4%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
0.9%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
58 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
2,112
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 54%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 29%
  • 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 83.7% 178
October 2025 77.8% 198
November 2025 84.8% 157
December 2025 77.6% 165
January 2026 86.2% 152
February 2026 89.0% 137
March 2026 76.0% 174
April 2026 84.0% 172
May 2026 74.4% 177
June 2026 73.1% 195
July 2026 82.5% 213
August 2026 79.7% 194

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 2,112 80.4% 0.9% 58 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • WN3814

    8% late · 75 flights

  • WN4276

    7% late · 61 flights

  • WN1623

    9% late · 58 flights

  • WN3178

    29% late · 57 flights

  • WN1774

    12% late · 52 flights

  • WN2571

    18% late · 52 flights

  • WN547

    16% late · 50 flights

  • WN2749

    6% late · 47 flights

  • WN3190

    15% late · 47 flights

  • WN1226

    13% late · 46 flights

  • WN2931

    20% late · 46 flights

  • WN2572

    53% late · 44 flights

  • WN864

    23% late · 44 flights

  • WN345

    34% late · 43 flights

  • WN2780

    24% late · 42 flights

  • WN3313

    18% late · 40 flights

  • WN2227

    16% late · 37 flights

  • WN2569

    3% late · 36 flights

  • WN2407

    15% late · 33 flights

  • WN366

    12% late · 33 flights

  • WN1569

    35% late · 31 flights

  • WN2267

    13% late · 31 flights

  • WN2839

    26% late · 31 flights

  • WN3225

    50% late · 31 flights

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