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Route Reliability

Colorado Springs → Chicago

COSMDW · 917 miles · Colorado Springs Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
0.4%
Cancelled
233
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 80% of the time across 233 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

COS–MDW flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 64% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

COS–MDW flights arrived on time 100% of the time on Saturdays and just 63% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon81%(36 flights)
  • Tue79%(33 flights)
  • Wed80%(30 flights)
  • Thu79%(34 flights)
  • Fri79%(38 flights)
  • Sat100%(26 flights)
  • Sun63%(32 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM100%(14 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(97 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(51 flights)
  • 3–6 PM64%(67 flights)
On-time trend by month
87%
Dec

Jun 73% → Dec 87% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202573%48
July 202575%52
August 202581%32
September 202587%30
October 202590%31
November 202565%17
December 202587%15

Based on 233 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.