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Route Reliability

Chicago → Cleveland

MDW–CLE · 307 miles · Chicago Midway International Airport to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport

82
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
1.1%
Cancelled
1,107
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 80% of the time across 1,107 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MDW–CLE flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 55% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Mondays have been rough.

MDW–CLE flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Tuesdays and just 72% on Mondays. That gap is worth planning around.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon72%(166 flights)
  • Tue88%(164 flights)
  • Wed87%(163 flights)
  • Thu78%(166 flights)
  • Fri78%(166 flights)
  • Sat77%(115 flights)
  • Sun75%(152 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM89%(129 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(198 flights)
  • 12–3 PM83%(252 flights)
  • 3–6 PM84%(134 flights)
  • 6–9 PM72%(303 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM55%(76 flights)
On-time trend by month
85%
May

Jun 76% → May 85% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202576%108
July 202568%114
August 202580%107
September 202594%108
October 202581%94
November 202576%80
December 202576%87
January 202680%69
February 202686%70
March 202672%83
April 202681%85
May 202685%87

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Based on 1,107 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.