MDW → TPA Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Chicago, IL to Tampa, FL · 1,553 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 81 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 96% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 35% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
77%
Median delay
-3 min
90th percentile
+40 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on MDW → TPA (1,553 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 77% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -3 min; the worst 10% ran +40 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,18277%
16-30 min1379%
31-60 min1087%
61-120 min654%
2+ hrs362%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0715061%+23 min
2025-0811678%+6 min
2025-099887%0 min
2025-1010984%+5 min
2025-1111885%-1 min
2025-1213571%+13 min
2026-0112880%+3 min
2026-0211489%-6 min
2026-0317671%+15 min
2026-0412982%+8 min
2026-0512481%+8 min
2026-0613170%+15 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon21573%
Tue21683%
Wed21084%
Thu21476%
Fri22079%
Sat23179%
Sun22268%

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