MDW → SFO Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Chicago, IL to San Francisco, CA · 455 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 24 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 75% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 37% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
51%
Median delay
+15 min
90th percentile
+75 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on MDW → SFO (455 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 51% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +15 min; the worst 10% ran +75 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time22751%
16-30 min6515%
31-60 min8820%
61-120 min4410%
2+ hrs245%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073060%+18 min
2025-083181%+8 min
2025-093080%+9 min
2025-103063%+18 min
2025-112972%+6 min
2025-123158%+21 min
2026-011471%+22 min
2026-021984%-5 min
2026-035357%+25 min
2026-045927%+38 min
2026-056221%+49 min
2026-066028%+49 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon6548%
Tue6255%
Wed5942%
Thu6354%
Fri6647%
Sat6763%
Sun6645%

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