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MDW → DTW

Chicago Midway International Airport Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
75.9%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
1.6%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
60 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
1,183
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 55%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 28%
  • Air traffic control & airport 13%
  • Extreme weather 3%
  • 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 87.3% 150
October 2025 85.1% 154
November 2025 90.3% 99
December 2025 66.3% 89
January 2026 78.3% 86
February 2026 73.8% 80
March 2026 68.7% 89
April 2026 79.1% 86
May 2026 71.3% 87
June 2026 57.6% 86
July 2026 70.9% 89
August 2026 65.5% 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

AirlineFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg. delay when late
Southwest Airlines 1,046 73.9% 1.8% 59 min
SkyWest Airlines 137 91.2% 0.0% 72 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • OO3631

    9% late · 69 flights

  • OO3501

    9% late · 67 flights

  • WN3702

    11% late · 64 flights

  • WN1491

    32% late · 60 flights

  • WN1346

    32% late · 57 flights

  • WN4681

    31% late · 56 flights

  • WN1775

    18% late · 44 flights

  • WN4200

    50% late · 43 flights

  • WN2622

    12% late · 42 flights

  • WN3269

    43% late · 42 flights

  • WN4450

    49% late · 36 flights

  • WN498

    53% late · 33 flights

  • WN3689

    23% late · 31 flights

  • WN4910

    21% late · 30 flights

  • WN202

    18% late · 28 flights

  • WN4086

    12% late · 25 flights

  • WN3422

    29% late · 24 flights

  • WN369

    0% late · 24 flights

  • WN3486

    22% late · 23 flights

  • WN3687

    13% late · 23 flights

  • WN3791

    38% late · 23 flights

  • WN3291

    14% late · 22 flights

  • WN1747

    28% late · 21 flights

  • WN450

    29% late · 21 flights

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