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MDW → STL

Chicago Midway International Airport St. Louis Lambert International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
80.5%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
1.2%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
63 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
1,701
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 53%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 34%
  • Air traffic control & airport 11%
  • 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 92.7% 151
October 2025 86.9% 130
November 2025 85.4% 127
December 2025 78.3% 139
January 2026 84.2% 120
February 2026 88.2% 110
March 2026 74.2% 136
April 2026 85.2% 151
May 2026 79.2% 156
June 2026 73.0% 162
July 2026 75.3% 172
August 2026 67.1% 147

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 1,701 80.5% 1.2% 63 min

Delay odds by flight

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

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