MDW → STL Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Chicago, IL to St. Louis, MO · 1,705 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 90 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 100% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 65% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
82%
Median delay
-9 min
90th percentile
+35 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on MDW → STL (1,705 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 82% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -9 min; the worst 10% ran +35 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,38582%
16-30 min1117%
31-60 min956%
61-120 min593%
2+ hrs362%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0716772%+13 min
2025-0815384%+1 min
2025-0915193%-7 min
2025-1013087%-1 min
2025-1112386%-3 min
2025-1213880%+6 min
2026-0112086%-6 min
2026-0211089%-8 min
2026-0313275%+14 min
2026-0414985%-1 min
2026-0515480%+2 min
2026-0615974%+12 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon25978%
Tue26887%
Wed25687%
Thu25582%
Fri25483%
Sat16282%
Sun23276%

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