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Route Reliability

Hartford → Chicago

BDL–MDW · 776 miles · Bradley International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport

84
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
1.5%
Cancelled
819
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 83% of the time across 819 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

BDL–MDW flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 65% between 6–9 PM.

Skip Saturday if you can.

BDL–MDW flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Fridays. On Saturdays: 79%.

Recent months have been rougher.

BDL–MDW flights arrived on time 79% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 87% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon82%(130 flights)
  • Tue81%(118 flights)
  • Wed82%(119 flights)
  • Thu85%(132 flights)
  • Fri87%(131 flights)
  • Sat79%(65 flights)
  • Sun81%(110 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM95%(186 flights)
  • 6–9 AM89%(151 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM92%(38 flights)
  • 12–3 PM86%(117 flights)
  • 3–6 PM78%(131 flights)
  • 6–9 PM65%(182 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 83% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202583%78
July 202571%80
August 202588%74
September 202595%73
October 202585%79
November 202585%54
December 202578%60
January 202691%35
February 202692%39
March 202681%78
April 202677%77
May 202678%78

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Based on 819 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.