PIT → MDW Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Pittsburgh, PA to Chicago, IL · 1,134 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 47 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 97% on-time departing 9am–12pm vs. 33% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
80%
Median delay
-3 min
90th percentile
+35 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on PIT → MDW (1,134 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 80% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -3 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-time89280%
16-30 min979%
31-60 min646%
61-120 min333%
2+ hrs303%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0710472%+14 min
2025-0811186%+5 min
2025-0911289%-2 min
2025-1011483%+5 min
2025-118386%+2 min
2025-128865%+13 min
2026-018684%+3 min
2026-027991%-7 min
2026-038469%+21 min
2026-048579%+6 min
2026-058783%+11 min
2026-068370%+24 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon17074%
Tue17082%
Wed16584%
Thu16979%
Fri17083%
Sat10984%
Sun16375%

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