DEN → ORD Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Denver, CO to Chicago, IL · 482 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-03 · aggregated across 15 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 100% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 59% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
65%
Median delay
+7 min
90th percentile
+69 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on DEN → ORD (482 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-03), 65% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +7 min; the worst 10% ran +69 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time30965%
16-30 min5712%
31-60 min5512%
61-120 min347%
2+ hrs214%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-079147%+42 min
2025-088562%+24 min
2025-098674%+11 min
2025-109278%+4 min
2025-11743%+100 min
2025-121173%+23 min
2026-013100%-12 min
2026-0210100%-3 min
2026-032763%+30 min
2026-043073%+13 min
2026-053142%+25 min
2026-06333%+19 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon6670%
Tue6970%
Wed6868%
Thu6859%
Fri7267%
Sat6670%
Sun6752%

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