WN3138 DCA → MDW

Southwest Airlines · Washington, DC to Chicago, IL · 49 flights observed, 2025-08-05 to 2025-10-01 · 601 mi

This flight runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 86% on-time departing 9pm–12am vs. 29% departing 6–9pm.

WN3138 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for DCA → MDW, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
72%
Median delay
-9 min
90th percentile
+55 min
Cancellation rate
2%

How often is WN3138 on time?

Across 49 flights on DCA → MDW from 2025-08-05 to 2025-10-01, WN3138 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 72% of the time. The median arrival delay was -9 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +55 min or later. 2% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time3472%
16-30 min49%
31-60 min613%
61-120 min24%
2+ hrs12%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-082060%+14 min
2025-092681%-2 min
2025-101100%-23 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon6100%
Tue989%
Wed956%
Thu863%
Fri8100%
SatNo data—
Sun729%

Based on US Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading live conditions and full charts…