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Route Reliability

Chicago → Burbank

MDW–BUR · 1,740 miles · Chicago Midway International Airport to Hollywood Burbank Airport

84
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
0.6%
Cancelled
322
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 78% of the time across 322 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MDW–BUR flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 83% of the time, versus 59% between 12–3 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MDW–BUR flights arrived on time 90% of the time on Wednesdays and just 62% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Ticking up lately.

MDW–BUR flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 75% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon75%(48 flights)
  • Tue82%(39 flights)
  • Wed90%(39 flights)
  • Thu77%(48 flights)
  • Fri82%(49 flights)
  • Sat83%(47 flights)
  • Sun62%(50 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM83%(88 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM82%(147 flights)
  • 12–3 PM59%(44 flights)
  • 3–6 PM78%(36 flights)
  • 6–9 PM—(5 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 70% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202570%30
July 202563%30
August 202590%30
September 202580%30
October 202574%31
November 202593%28
December 202571%31
January 202670%10
February 202683%18
March 202673%22
April 202690%29
May 202677%31

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 322 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.