DCA → MDW Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Washington, DC to Chicago, IL · 2,104 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 95 flight numbers

On-time arrival
78%
Median delay
-3 min
90th percentile
+46 min
Cancellation rate
3%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on DCA → MDW (2,104 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 78% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -3 min; the worst 10% ran +46 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,58178%
16-30 min1538%
31-60 min1397%
61-120 min1035%
2+ hrs563%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0716666%+26 min
2025-0817781%+7 min
2025-0917688%+1 min
2025-1018181%+4 min
2025-1115577%+9 min
2025-1217279%+6 min
2026-0116687%-2 min
2026-0215484%-3 min
2026-0317064%+22 min
2026-0417081%+6 min
2026-0517672%+11 min
2026-0616973%+15 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon29278%
Tue30884%
Wed30579%
Thu29674%
Fri29272%
Sat24586%
Sun29474%

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