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Airport month · February 2025
Chicago Midway International in February 2025
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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 4,741 domestic departures from Chicago Midway International (MDW). 82.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.0% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so MDW departures were 3.6 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 5,236 departures with 86.4% leaving on time: a change of −3.6 points, with flights down 9%.
Flights arriving at MDW that month were on time 83.5% of the time (4,744 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 35%, national aviation system 33% and air carrier 29%.
- On time 82.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.2%
- Cancelled 0.7%
- Diverted 0.1%
February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Feb 2025 | Feb 2024 | MDW, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 82.8% | 86.4% | 70.7% | 79.2% |
| Arrived on time | 82.0% | 87.8% | 73.9% | 77.9% |
| Cancelled | 0.7% | 0.2% | 1.5% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 10.9 min | 7.7 min | 16.5 min | 15.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 158 | 175 | 202 | 16,830 |
| Scheduled departures | 4,741 | 5,236 | 73,744 | 504,884 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 4,259 | 90% | 82.3% | -1.6 min | 0.7% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 202 | 4% | 71.3% | 16.1 min | 0.5% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 156 | 3% | 83.3% | 3.8 min | 1.3% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 106 | 2% | 85.8% | -6.9 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 18 | 0% | 88.9% | 8.2 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MDW–ATL | Chicago to Atlanta | 234 | 83.8% | -3.0 min | 0.4% |
| MDW–MCO | Chicago to Orlando | 200 | 83.5% | 1.8 min | 0.5% |
| MDW–PHX | Chicago to Phoenix | 194 | 80.9% | -4.2 min | 1.0% |
| MDW–MSP | Chicago to Minneapolis | 190 | 83.2% | 3.3 min | 0.5% |
| MDW–DEN | Chicago to Denver | 189 | 79.9% | -3.6 min | 1.1% |
| MDW–LAS | Chicago to Las Vegas | 189 | 79.9% | 3.9 min | 0.5% |
| MDW–LGA | Chicago to New York | 182 | 83.0% | -1.4 min | 1.1% |
| MDW–DTW | Chicago to Detroit | 158 | 86.1% | -2.7 min | 1.3% |
| MDW–DCA | Chicago to Washington | 156 | 58.3% | 22.9 min | 1.3% |
| MDW–DAL | Chicago to Dallas | 138 | 87.7% | -9.5 min | 0.0% |
| MDW–MCI | Chicago to Kansas City | 130 | 77.7% | 2.0 min | 1.5% |
| MDW–TPA | Chicago to Tampa | 130 | 84.6% | -0.7 min | 0.8% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MDW on time in February 2025?
82.8% of 4,741 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In February 2024, 86.4% of 5,236 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 82.8% and 0.7% in February 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.