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Route Reliability

Cincinnati → Chicago

CVG–MDW · 249 miles · Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport

83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
1.2%
Cancelled
494
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 84% of the time across 494 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 3–6 PM departure wins.

CVG–MDW flights departing between 3–6 PM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 65% between 6–9 PM.

Skip Monday if you can.

CVG–MDW flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Saturdays. On Mondays: 79%.

Recent months have been rougher.

CVG–MDW flights arrived on time 76% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 84% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon79%(61 flights)
  • Tue84%(63 flights)
  • Wed86%(64 flights)
  • Thu86%(62 flights)
  • Fri86%(64 flights)
  • Sat87%(85 flights)
  • Sun81%(84 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM89%(300 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(29 flights)
  • 12–3 PM91%(21 flights)
  • 3–6 PM92%(37 flights)
  • 6–9 PM65%(95 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 85% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202585%39
July 202582%38
August 202595%39
September 202595%38
October 202595%39
November 202593%28
December 202571%31
January 202689%28
February 202692%26
March 202671%56
April 202677%60
May 202680%61

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Based on 494 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.