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MDW → DEN

Chicago Midway International Airport Denver International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
72.9%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
1.3%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
64 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
2,259
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 40%
  • Air traffic control & airport 29%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 28%
  • Extreme weather 2%
  • Security 1%

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 85.1% 202
October 2025 81.1% 213
November 2025 81.9% 188
December 2025 58.5% 197
January 2026 81.0% 158
February 2026 78.3% 139
March 2026 66.5% 169
April 2026 73.0% 161
May 2026 76.5% 163
June 2026 64.2% 220
July 2026 74.4% 235
August 2026 58.1% 214

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 2,203 72.9% 1.3% 64 min
Frontier Airlines 56 70.4% 1.8% 67 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • WN2769

    39% late · 61 flights

  • WN2770

    45% late · 60 flights

  • WN474

    8% late · 59 flights

  • WN2539

    48% late · 58 flights

  • WN3262

    5% late · 58 flights

  • WN3404

    21% late · 58 flights

  • WN4488

    23% late · 57 flights

  • WN1642

    37% late · 55 flights

  • WN1684

    21% late · 53 flights

  • WN2960

    23% late · 52 flights

  • WN2765

    16% late · 51 flights

  • WN2989

    2% late · 51 flights

  • WN1399

    27% late · 50 flights

  • WN971

    35% late · 47 flights

  • WN2012

    15% late · 46 flights

  • WN3285

    27% late · 46 flights

  • WN2768

    49% late · 44 flights

  • WN3697

    33% late · 41 flights

  • WN1418

    13% late · 38 flights

  • WN4535

    21% late · 36 flights

  • F92209

    34% late · 33 flights

  • WN117

    29% late · 33 flights

  • WN2965

    70% late · 33 flights

  • WN3515

    47% late · 33 flights

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