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Southwest Airlines MIA to MDW on-time performance

Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Miami to Chicago · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
67%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.6%
7 flights
Avg arrival delay
23 min
66 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 2
route average 68% on time

Key facts

  • Southwest Airlines flights on MIA to MDW arrived on time 67% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.6% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 68% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (43%).

On-time trend by month

30%65%100%July 2025: 92.1% on time, 2.6% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 58.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 84.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 72.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 80.0% on time, 6.1% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 65.6% on time, 3.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 78.0% on time, 2.4% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 57.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 59.6% on time, 3.6% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 69.4% on time, 1.9% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 71.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 67.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 41.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)43%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion28%
  • Late-arriving aircraft26%
  • Extreme weather3%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on MIA to MDW

439 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 7 cancelled, 5 diverted.

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.