TPA → MDW Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Tampa, FL to Chicago, IL · 1,549 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 78 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 90% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 55% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
76%
Median delay
0 min
90th percentile
+43 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on TPA → MDW (1,549 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 76% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay 0 min; the worst 10% ran +43 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,14076%
16-30 min14810%
31-60 min1228%
61-120 min604%
2+ hrs342%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0715174%+12 min
2025-0811874%+15 min
2025-099886%+3 min
2025-1011075%+13 min
2025-1111085%+4 min
2025-1213470%+17 min
2026-0112687%+3 min
2026-0211468%+23 min
2026-0316772%+10 min
2026-0412782%+1 min
2026-0512271%+8 min
2026-0612770%+16 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon21671%
Tue20879%
Wed20779%
Thu20977%
Fri21179%
Sat23277%
Sun22169%

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