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Route Reliability

Fort Lauderdale → Chicago

FLL–MDW · 1,167 miles · Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport

70
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
72%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
1,133
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 72% of the time across 1,133 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

FLL–MDW flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 55% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

FLL–MDW flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Wednesdays and just 62% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon66%(149 flights)
  • Tue74%(149 flights)
  • Wed82%(146 flights)
  • Thu76%(153 flights)
  • Fri68%(151 flights)
  • Sat78%(186 flights)
  • Sun62%(173 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM93%(44 flights)
  • 6–9 AM91%(312 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM77%(92 flights)
  • 12–3 PM65%(284 flights)
  • 3–6 PM62%(153 flights)
  • 6–9 PM55%(153 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM57%(69 flights)
On-time trend by month
66%
May

Jun 77% → May 66% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202577%93
July 202571%95
August 202573%84
September 202583%80
October 202587%91
November 202578%89
December 202564%96
January 202673%96
February 202664%90
March 202661%102
April 202675%94
May 202666%97

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Based on 1,133 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.