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Route Reliability

Burbank → Chicago

BUR–MDW · 1,740 miles · Hollywood Burbank Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport

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Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
88%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min early
Average arrival delay
0.6%
Cancelled
322
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 88% of the time across 322 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 6–9 AM departure wins.

BUR–MDW flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 83% between 9 AM–12 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

BUR–MDW flights arrived on time 91% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 82%.

Trending in the right direction.

BUR–MDW flights arrived on time 94% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 80% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon90%(49 flights)
  • Tue90%(39 flights)
  • Wed87%(38 flights)
  • Thu88%(48 flights)
  • Fri88%(48 flights)
  • Sat91%(46 flights)
  • Sun82%(50 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM93%(146 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(92 flights)
  • 12–3 PM84%(80 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 97% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202597%30
July 202590%30
August 202583%29
September 202590%30
October 202584%31
November 202575%28
December 202587%30
January 202670%10
February 202683%18
March 202696%22
April 202697%29
May 202690%31

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Based on 322 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.