ATL → MDW Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Atlanta, GA to Chicago, IL · 1,545 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 77 flight numbers

On-time arrival
77%
Median delay
-2 min
90th percentile
+40 min
Cancellation rate
2%

How on-time is Southwest Airlines from ATL to MDW?

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on ATL → MDW (1,545 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 77% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -2 min; the worst 10% ran +40 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,16077%
16-30 min15010%
31-60 min1057%
61-120 min534%
2+ hrs403%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0714369%+19 min
2025-0814079%+5 min
2025-0913892%-4 min
2025-1014277%+4 min
2025-1112088%+4 min
2025-1212369%+12 min
2026-0111889%+1 min
2026-0210982%+10 min
2026-0311373%+10 min
2026-0411385%+1 min
2026-0511957%+26 min
2026-0613063%+24 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon22977%
Tue23278%
Wed22584%
Thu22375%
Fri22872%
Sat15179%
Sun22072%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…