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Airport month · March 2024
Chicago Midway International in March 2024
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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 6,684 domestic departures from Chicago Midway International (MDW). 75.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.2% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so MDW departures were 3.2 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at MDW that month were on time 80.3% of the time (6,686 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 19%.
- On time 78.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.9%
- Cancelled 0.7%
- Diverted 0.2%
March 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2024 | Year earlier | MDW, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 75.3% | — | 70.7% | 78.5% |
| Arrived on time | 78.2% | — | 73.9% | 78.3% |
| Cancelled | 0.7% | — | 1.5% | 0.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 14.2 min | — | 16.5 min | 15.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 223 | — | 202 | 19,726 |
| Scheduled departures | 6,684 | — | 73,744 | 591,767 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 5,997 | 90% | 78.3% | 4.0 min | 0.6% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 359 | 5% | 74.4% | 10.8 min | 1.7% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 176 | 3% | 80.1% | 1.7 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 111 | 2% | 85.6% | 4.0 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 41 | 1% | 70.7% | 7.5 min | 2.4% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MDW–ATL | Chicago to Atlanta | 307 | 82.1% | 2.9 min | 0.7% |
| MDW–MCO | Chicago to Orlando | 294 | 66.3% | 17.3 min | 2.7% |
| MDW–PHX | Chicago to Phoenix | 293 | 80.5% | 0.5 min | 0.3% |
| MDW–LAS | Chicago to Las Vegas | 279 | 75.3% | 6.7 min | 0.7% |
| MDW–DEN | Chicago to Denver | 266 | 79.3% | -1.3 min | 2.6% |
| MDW–MSP | Chicago to Minneapolis | 241 | 80.5% | 1.2 min | 0.0% |
| MDW–TPA | Chicago to Tampa | 215 | 68.8% | 11.9 min | 2.8% |
| MDW–LGA | Chicago to New York | 200 | 77.5% | 8.8 min | 0.0% |
| MDW–MCI | Chicago to Kansas City | 182 | 79.1% | 2.2 min | 0.0% |
| MDW–DTW | Chicago to Detroit | 176 | 77.8% | 3.8 min | 0.0% |
| MDW–DAL | Chicago to Dallas | 174 | 79.9% | -1.1 min | 0.6% |
| MDW–DCA | Chicago to Washington | 172 | 83.1% | 1.4 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MDW on time in March 2024?
75.3% of 6,684 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
March 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 March 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.