WN781 MDW → SJC

Southwest Airlines · Chicago, IL to San Jose, CA · 64 flights observed, 2025-11-02 to 2026-01-05 · 1,838 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 100% on-time on Tuesdays vs. 50% on Saturdays.

WN781 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for MDW → SJC, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
79%
Median delay
-1 min
90th percentile
+30 min
Cancellation rate
3%

How often is WN781 on time?

Across 64 flights on MDW → SJC from 2025-11-02 to 2026-01-05, WN781 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 79% of the time. The median arrival delay was -1 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +30 min or later. 3% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time4979%
16-30 min711%
31-60 min35%
61-120 min35%
2+ hrs00%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-112688%-1 min
2025-123177%+6 min
2026-01540%+13 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon978%
Tue9100%
Wed989%
Thu8100%
Fri989%
Sat850%
Sun1050%

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