DAL → ORD Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Dallas, TX to Chicago, IL · 539 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-03 · aggregated across 23 flight numbers

On-time arrival
73%
Median delay
-2 min
90th percentile
+56 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How on-time is Southwest Airlines from DAL to ORD?

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on DAL → ORD (539 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-03), 73% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -2 min; the worst 10% ran +56 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time38773%
16-30 min499%
31-60 min458%
61-120 min285%
2+ hrs214%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-078864%+24 min
2025-087563%+22 min
2025-097381%+2 min
2025-108671%+9 min
2025-112785%+2 min
2025-123087%+6 min
2026-013181%+0 min
2026-022896%-5 min
2026-032979%+6 min
2026-043067%+14 min
2026-053060%+25 min
2026-06367%+30 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon7977%
Tue7581%
Wed7683%
Thu8371%
Fri8169%
Sat6367%
Sun7362%

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