Chicago Midway International in February 2024

86.4%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 5,236 domestic departures from Chicago Midway International (MDW). 86.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.8% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so MDW departures were 2.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MDW that month were on time 88.1% of the time (5,237 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 36%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 24%.

On time 87.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.9%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from MDW in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	MDW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	86.4%	—	70.7%	84.0%
Arrived on time	87.8%	—	73.9%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.2%	—	1.5%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.7 min	—	16.5 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	175	—	202	17,307
Scheduled departures	5,236	—	73,744	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	4,765	91%	87.9%	-4.1 min	0.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines	208	4%	79.3%	1.0 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	147	3%	90.5%	-8.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	93	2%	95.7%	-13.8 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	23	0%	82.6%	12.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MDW–ATL	Chicago to Atlanta	245	87.8%	-3.3 min	0.0%
MDW–DEN	Chicago to Denver	222	82.9%	-3.6 min	0.0%
MDW–LAS	Chicago to Las Vegas	215	81.4%	-3.1 min	1.4%
MDW–MCO	Chicago to Orlando	215	89.3%	-6.0 min	0.0%
MDW–LGA	Chicago to New York	200	84.5%	-2.0 min	2.5%
MDW–PHX	Chicago to Phoenix	198	85.9%	-7.8 min	0.0%
MDW–MSP	Chicago to Minneapolis	189	91.0%	-6.3 min	0.0%
MDW–DCA	Chicago to Washington	166	94.6%	-6.8 min	0.0%
MDW–DTW	Chicago to Detroit	161	88.2%	-3.1 min	0.0%
MDW–DAL	Chicago to Dallas	145	90.3%	-8.8 min	0.0%
MDW–MCI	Chicago to Kansas City	143	93.0%	-8.4 min	0.0%
MDW–BNA	Chicago to Nashville	133	92.5%	-9.6 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	36.1%	35.9%	11,166
Late-arriving aircraft	34.2%	36.9%	10,556
National Aviation System	23.8%	21.7%	7,345
Extreme weather	5.9%	5.3%	1,823
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

30,890 delay minutes on 624 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left MDW on time in February 2024?

86.4% of 5,236 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for MDW · methodology · corrections.