RDU → MDW Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Raleigh/Durham, NC to Chicago, IL · 988 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 49 flight numbers

On-time arrival
80%
Median delay
-5 min
90th percentile
+36 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on RDU → MDW (988 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 80% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -5 min; the worst 10% ran +36 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time77480%
16-30 min778%
31-60 min657%
61-120 min232%
2+ hrs232%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0711474%+15 min
2025-089282%+2 min
2025-099089%-3 min
2025-108081%+3 min
2025-118294%-1 min
2025-128984%+3 min
2026-016190%-8 min
2026-025589%-7 min
2026-036067%+12 min
2026-047279%+7 min
2026-057970%+13 min
2026-068870%+18 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon14478%
Tue13784%
Wed13584%
Thu14280%
Fri14280%
Sat10879%
Sun15479%

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