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MDW → SDF

Chicago Midway International Airport Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
83.1%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
1.7%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
59 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
966
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 50%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 35%
  • Air traffic control & airport 12%
  • Extreme weather 3%
  • 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 87.2% 86
October 2025 84.3% 89
November 2025 89.2% 78
December 2025 73.1% 78
January 2026 88.1% 63
February 2026 78.2% 56
March 2026 76.8% 85
April 2026 90.6% 86
May 2026 83.7% 86
June 2026 76.4% 90
July 2026 87.8% 92
August 2026 81.6% 77

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 966 83.1% 1.7% 59 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • WN1267

    7% late · 60 flights

  • WN1286

    19% late · 59 flights

  • WN4971

    25% late · 58 flights

  • WN833

    2% late · 50 flights

  • WN3376

    18% late · 49 flights

  • WN4597

    32% late · 43 flights

  • WN1324

    18% late · 33 flights

  • WN1678

    31% late · 33 flights

  • WN1475

    16% late · 31 flights

  • WN2316

    13% late · 31 flights

  • WN3870

    20% late · 30 flights

  • WN4931

    11% late · 30 flights

  • WN4002

    7% late · 28 flights

  • WN4473

    15% late · 27 flights

  • WN3027

    21% late · 24 flights

  • WN3374

    17% late · 24 flights

  • WN680

    13% late · 24 flights

  • WN1122

    22% late · 23 flights

  • WN3168

    14% late · 21 flights

  • WN2837

    16% late · 20 flights

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