SEA → MDW Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Seattle, WA to Chicago, IL · 678 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 30 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 93% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 41% departing 12–3pm.
On-time arrival
81%
Median delay
-6 min
90th percentile
+32 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on SEA → MDW (678 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 81% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -6 min; the worst 10% ran +32 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time54681%
16-30 min538%
31-60 min497%
61-120 min203%
2+ hrs20%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-078569%+8 min
2025-088868%+7 min
2025-098671%+8 min
2025-103397%-9 min
2025-112997%-12 min
2025-123194%-8 min
2026-0131100%-7 min
2026-0228100%-16 min
2026-035695%-14 min
2026-046080%+0 min
2026-056290%-5 min
2026-068175%+9 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon9883%
Tue10182%
Wed9885%
Thu9775%
Fri9777%
Sat8990%
Sun9079%

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