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Route Reliability

Chicago → Hartford

MDW–BDL · 776 miles · Chicago Midway International Airport to Bradley International Airport

78
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
1.2%
Cancelled
818
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 76% of the time across 818 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MDW–BDL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 66% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MDW–BDL flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Wednesdays and just 65% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon69%(131 flights)
  • Tue83%(120 flights)
  • Wed84%(119 flights)
  • Thu77%(132 flights)
  • Fri79%(132 flights)
  • Sat69%(65 flights)
  • Sun65%(107 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(79 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(157 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(260 flights)
  • 3–6 PM71%(14 flights)
  • 6–9 PM66%(296 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 64% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202564%78
July 202566%84
August 202575%72
September 202589%73
October 202582%78
November 202580%55
December 202575%60
January 202685%34
February 202672%39
March 202666%77
April 202685%78
May 202677%78

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Based on 818 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.