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Route Reliability

Cleveland → Chicago

CLE–MDW · 307 miles · Cleveland Hopkins International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
0.9%
Cancelled
1,108
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 1,108 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

CLE–MDW flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 60% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Mondays have been rough.

CLE–MDW flights arrived on time 91% of the time on Wednesdays and just 75% on Mondays. That gap is worth planning around.

Slipping a little lately.

CLE–MDW flights arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 86% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon75%(169 flights)
  • Tue87%(164 flights)
  • Wed91%(163 flights)
  • Thu83%(166 flights)
  • Fri80%(166 flights)
  • Sat85%(116 flights)
  • Sun82%(152 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM90%(341 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM91%(107 flights)
  • 12–3 PM83%(176 flights)
  • 3–6 PM82%(191 flights)
  • 6–9 PM73%(266 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM60%(15 flights)
On-time trend by month
86%
May

Jun 79% → May 86% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202579%107
July 202574%112
August 202585%109
September 202591%108
October 202583%94
November 202585%81
December 202582%89
January 202687%71
February 202690%71
March 202673%81
April 202683%86
May 202686%87

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 1,108 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.