Route Reliability
El Paso → Chicago
ELP–MDW · 1,237 miles · El Paso International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport
- 84%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 3 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.9%
- Cancelled
- 214
- 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 214 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
ELP–MDW flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 79% between 12–3 PM.
Thursdays have been rough.
ELP–MDW flights arrived on time 97% of the time on Mondays and just 69% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.
Recent months have been rougher.
ELP–MDW flights arrived on time 77% 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
- Mon97%(32 flights)
- Tue94%(31 flights)
- Wed77%(30 flights)
- Thu69%(29 flights)
- Fri87%(31 flights)
- Sat81%(26 flights)
- Sun84%(31 flights)
- 6–9 AM80%(15 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM93%(75 flights)
- 12–3 PM79%(120 flights)
Jun 96% → Dec 76% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 96% | 28 |
| July 2025 | 83% | 30 |
| August 2025 | 83% | 30 |
| September 2025 | 93% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 81% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 74% | 27 |
| December 2025 | 76% | 29 |
Same trip, other airports
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Based on 214 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.