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Route Reliability

Chicago → Charlotte

MDW–CLT · 584 miles · Chicago Midway International Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport

74
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
1.7%
Cancelled
718
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 718 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MDW–CLT flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 60% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MDW–CLT flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Tuesdays and just 65% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon76%(108 flights)
  • Tue80%(104 flights)
  • Wed77%(103 flights)
  • Thu69%(107 flights)
  • Fri75%(108 flights)
  • Sat72%(71 flights)
  • Sun65%(105 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM100%(11 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(152 flights)
  • 12–3 PM87%(195 flights)
  • 3–6 PM60%(62 flights)
  • 6–9 PM60%(275 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM73%(11 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 58% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202558%78
July 202563%81
August 202581%59
September 202579%56
October 202574%62
November 202583%54
December 202568%60
January 202680%35
February 202683%41
March 202666%58
April 202683%60
May 202677%62

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Based on 718 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.