Southwest Airlines MSP to MDW on-time performance
Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Minneapolis to Chicago · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
79%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.8%
28 flights
Avg arrival delay
12 min
52 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 2
route average 78% on time
Key facts
- Southwest Airlines flights on MSP to MDW arrived on time 79% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.8% were cancelled, and 5% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #1 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 78% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (50%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft50%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)24%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion22%
- Extreme weather3%
- Security0%
Other airlines on MSP to MDW
- SkyWest Airlines76% on time · 17 min avg delay
Full MSP to MDW comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →
1,593 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 28 cancelled, 4 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.