STL → MDW Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · St. Louis, MO to Chicago, IL · 1,704 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 92 flight numbers

On-time arrival
80%
Median delay
-7 min
90th percentile
+37 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on STL → MDW (1,704 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 80% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -7 min; the worst 10% ran +37 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,35280%
16-30 min1187%
31-60 min1157%
61-120 min674%
2+ hrs302%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0716769%+18 min
2025-0815176%+6 min
2025-0915185%-1 min
2025-1013083%0 min
2025-1112290%-5 min
2025-1213878%+9 min
2026-0112088%-2 min
2026-0211190%-6 min
2026-0313173%+13 min
2026-0414885%+3 min
2026-0515584%-3 min
2026-0615870%+12 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon25876%
Tue26988%
Wed25584%
Thu25275%
Fri25382%
Sat16279%
Sun23377%

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