MCO → MDW Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Orlando, FL to Chicago, IL · 2,548 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 139 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 92% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 54% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
71%
Median delay
+2 min
90th percentile
+53 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on MCO → MDW (2,548 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 71% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +2 min; the worst 10% ran +53 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,75171%
16-30 min28011%
31-60 min2329%
61-120 min1396%
2+ hrs713%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0722771%+14 min
2025-0820164%+22 min
2025-0919981%+3 min
2025-1022468%+13 min
2025-1120079%+11 min
2025-1221667%+14 min
2026-0119377%+7 min
2026-0218566%+21 min
2026-0322264%+20 min
2026-0419375%+10 min
2026-0518975%+11 min
2026-0622465%+23 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon35169%
Tue35375%
Wed34682%
Thu35669%
Fri35372%
Sat35969%
Sun35560%

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