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PHL → MDW

Philadelphia International Airport Chicago Midway International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
73.0%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
1.8%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
77 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
1,514
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 47%
  • Air traffic control & airport 26%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 24%
  • Extreme weather 4%
  • 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 84.3% 159
October 2025 76.8% 155
November 2025 77.8% 136
December 2025 59.0% 122
January 2026 75.3% 96
February 2026 84.8% 84
March 2026 64.0% 93
April 2026 83.5% 111
May 2026 73.9% 119
June 2026 71.2% 143
July 2026 70.2% 150
August 2026 57.3% 146

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 1,458 72.6% 1.9% 78 min
Frontier Airlines 56 82.1% 0.0% 68 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • WN1138

    12% late · 58 flights

  • WN2551

    36% late · 58 flights

  • WN3728

    9% late · 58 flights

  • WN3730

    40% late · 58 flights

  • WN4904

    15% late · 58 flights

  • WN3729

    18% late · 57 flights

  • F91617

    18% late · 56 flights

  • WN3762

    43% late · 55 flights

  • WN3224

    14% late · 52 flights

  • WN3226

    41% late · 52 flights

  • WN419

    35% late · 47 flights

  • WN4038

    23% late · 45 flights

  • WN4837

    30% late · 43 flights

  • WN2748

    12% late · 42 flights

  • WN4202

    17% late · 36 flights

  • WN4173

    9% late · 33 flights

  • WN3541

    61% late · 31 flights

  • WN356

    0% late · 31 flights

  • WN2371

    50% late · 28 flights

  • WN2756

    54% late · 27 flights

  • WN4006

    26% late · 27 flights

  • WN951

    11% late · 27 flights

  • WN4337

    64% late · 24 flights

  • WN4117

    57% late · 23 flights

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