MIA → MDW Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Miami, FL to Chicago, IL · 447 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 31 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 100% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 49% departing 3–6pm.
On-time arrival
72%
Median delay
-1 min
90th percentile
+50 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on MIA → MDW (447 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 72% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -1 min; the worst 10% ran +50 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time31172%
16-30 min4911%
31-60 min409%
61-120 min215%
2+ hrs133%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073892%-8 min
2025-082959%+18 min
2025-092584%+1 min
2025-102273%+9 min
2025-113080%+0 min
2025-123266%+12 min
2026-014178%+6 min
2026-023358%+19 min
2026-035262%+30 min
2026-044971%+10 min
2026-055273%+23 min
2026-063168%+15 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon6378%
Tue3974%
Wed3977%
Thu6379%
Fri6276%
Sat8961%
Sun7966%

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