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Route Reliability

Newark → Chicago

EWR–MDW · 711 miles · Newark Liberty International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
67%
Arrive within 15 minutes
16 min
Average arrival delay
5.6%
Cancelled
71
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Frontier Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 67% of the time across 71 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

EWR–MDW flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 74% of the time, versus 47% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

EWR–MDW flights arrived on time 67% of the time on Thursdays. On Sundays: 58%.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon—(3 flights)
  • Tue63%(19 flights)
  • Wed—(2 flights)
  • Thu67%(18 flights)
  • Fri—(3 flights)
  • Sat—(3 flights)
  • Sun58%(19 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM74%(46 flights)
  • 12–3 PM—(2 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM47%(19 flights)
On-time trend by month
86%
Apr

Oct 40% → Apr 86% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
October 202540%10
November 202570%10
December 202539%13
March 202682%11
April 202686%14

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 71 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.