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Route Reliability

Chicago → Cincinnati

MDW–CVG · 249 miles · Chicago Midway International Airport to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport

78
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
494
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 494 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MDW–CVG flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 63% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Thursdays have been rough.

MDW–CVG flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Wednesdays and just 68% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon71%(62 flights)
  • Tue72%(64 flights)
  • Wed84%(64 flights)
  • Thu68%(63 flights)
  • Fri79%(65 flights)
  • Sat76%(83 flights)
  • Sun80%(85 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM—(8 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM96%(47 flights)
  • 12–3 PM83%(105 flights)
  • 3–6 PM74%(58 flights)
  • 6–9 PM70%(241 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM63%(27 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 77% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202577%39
July 202560%37
August 202587%39
September 202590%38
October 202572%39
November 202572%29
December 202574%31
January 202683%29
February 202671%28
March 202658%57
April 202685%59
May 202682%61

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Based on 494 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.