On-Time Report

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Airport month · July 2024

Chicago Midway International in July 2024

64.0%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 7,884 domestic departures from Chicago Midway International (MDW). 64.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 65.6% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so MDW departures were 4.5 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MDW that month were on time 72.5% of the time (7,884 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 15%.

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

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

MeasureJul 2024Year earlierMDW, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time64.0%—70.7%68.5%
Arrived on time65.6%—73.9%68.1%
Cancelled1.3%—1.5%2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)22.0 min—16.5 min24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day263—20221,154
Scheduled departures7,884—73,744634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines7,16691%65.3%15.4 min1.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines3514%67.2%18.4 min5.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines1682%75.6%18.5 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines1472%66.7%35.1 min5.4%
G4 Allegiant Air521%63.5%48.4 min5.8%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
MDW–DENChicago to Denver34976.5%8.4 min1.4%
MDW–ATLChicago to Atlanta33966.1%22.9 min2.7%
MDW–LASChicago to Las Vegas28567.7%12.0 min1.8%
MDW–PHXChicago to Phoenix27167.5%15.0 min0.7%
MDW–MCOChicago to Orlando26258.0%18.2 min1.5%
MDW–MSPChicago to Minneapolis26056.2%23.0 min0.0%
MDW–LGAChicago to New York21273.1%14.6 min0.5%
MDW–MCIChicago to Kansas City20366.0%14.2 min1.0%
MDW–DALChicago to Dallas20166.7%15.0 min0.5%
MDW–BWIChicago to Baltimore19566.2%19.1 min1.0%
MDW–STLChicago to St. Louis18372.1%9.8 min1.6%
MDW–DCAChicago to Washington18166.9%15.0 min1.1%

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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jul 2024Minutes
Air carrier36.5%36.6%54,630
Late-arriving aircraft44.5%42.7%66,616
National Aviation System15.1%16.0%22,604
Extreme weather3.8%4.6%5,723
Security0.1%0.1%141
149,714 delay minutes on 2,567 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left MDW on time in July 2024?

64.0% of 7,884 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 65.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 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 July 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.