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Route Reliability

Chicago → Albany

MDW–ALB · 717 miles · Chicago Midway International Airport to Albany International Airport

76
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
0.7%
Cancelled
723
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 73% of the time across 723 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MDW–ALB flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 63% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MDW–ALB flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Fridays and just 64% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(111 flights)
  • Tue73%(101 flights)
  • Wed79%(101 flights)
  • Thu71%(111 flights)
  • Fri80%(111 flights)
  • Sat66%(77 flights)
  • Sun64%(103 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(145 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(229 flights)
  • 3–6 PM67%(72 flights)
  • 6–9 PM63%(268 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
71%
May

Jun 66% → May 71% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202566%73
July 202571%83
August 202574%78
September 202590%77
October 202581%58
November 202573%55
December 202562%60
January 202683%35
February 202668%28
March 202651%55
April 202688%57
May 202671%56

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Based on 723 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.