MDW → LAX Southwest Airlines
Southwest Airlines · Chicago, IL to Los Angeles, CA · 1,328 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 70 flight numbers
On-time arrival
70%
Median delay
+3 min
90th percentile
+51 min
Cancellation rate
1%
How on-time is Southwest Airlines from MDW to LAX?
Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on MDW → LAX (1,328 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 70% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +3 min; the worst 10% ran +51 min or later. 1% were cancelled.
Delay distribution
Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).
| Arrival | Flights | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Early / on-time | 916 | 70% |
| 16-30 min | 158 | 12% |
| 31-60 min | 132 | 10% |
| 61-120 min | 79 | 6% |
| 2+ hrs | 25 | 2% |
Performance by month
| Month | Flights | On-time | Avg delay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07 | 145 | 70% | +16 min |
| 2025-08 | 121 | 76% | +11 min |
| 2025-09 | 116 | 78% | +9 min |
| 2025-10 | 119 | 72% | +7 min |
| 2025-11 | 100 | 78% | +6 min |
| 2025-12 | 115 | 67% | +19 min |
| 2026-01 | 96 | 73% | +0 min |
| 2026-02 | 84 | 69% | +3 min |
| 2026-03 | 101 | 70% | +12 min |
| 2026-04 | 101 | 64% | +13 min |
| 2026-05 | 104 | 67% | +11 min |
| 2026-06 | 108 | 54% | +27 min |
Performance by day of week
| Day | Flights | On-time |
|---|---|---|
| Mon | 200 | 70% |
| Tue | 190 | 76% |
| Wed | 183 | 75% |
| Thu | 195 | 66% |
| Fri | 203 | 66% |
| Sat | 157 | 71% |
| Sun | 182 | 67% |
WN flight numbers on MDW → LAX
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