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MSP → MDW

Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field Chicago Midway International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
78.1%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
1.7%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
62 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
2,303
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 42%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 33%
  • Air traffic control & airport 16%
  • Extreme weather 8%
  • 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 82.7% 232
October 2025 89.8% 246
November 2025 87.3% 214
December 2025 62.4% 215
January 2026 69.6% 186
February 2026 83.9% 180
March 2026 70.8% 226
April 2026 83.3% 220
May 2026 85.2% 149
June 2026 69.5% 144
July 2026 75.9% 146
August 2026 71.5% 145

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 1,591 78.8% 1.7% 57 min
SkyWest Airlines 712 76.7% 1.5% 72 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • OO4169

    29% late · 179 flights

  • OO3795

    14% late · 170 flights

  • OO3543

    17% late · 110 flights

  • OO3792

    26% late · 98 flights

  • OO3778

    29% late · 76 flights

  • WN3703

    21% late · 60 flights

  • WN256

    22% late · 58 flights

  • WN3466

    14% late · 58 flights

  • WN3467

    24% late · 58 flights

  • WN3465

    5% late · 57 flights

  • OO3799

    38% late · 55 flights

  • WN2840

    21% late · 53 flights

  • WN4115

    35% late · 52 flights

  • WN3743

    45% late · 51 flights

  • WN3468

    21% late · 49 flights

  • WN1477

    11% late · 47 flights

  • WN2236

    28% late · 46 flights

  • WN2971

    61% late · 43 flights

  • WN3695

    3% late · 43 flights

  • WN2860

    16% late · 33 flights

  • WN3457

    19% late · 33 flights

  • WN3904

    35% late · 33 flights

  • WN2577

    19% late · 31 flights

  • WN3902

    3% late · 31 flights

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