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Route Reliability

Chicago → Wichita

MDWICT · 589 miles · Chicago Midway International Airport to Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport

78
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
72%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
0.6%
Cancelled
168
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 72% of the time across 168 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MDW–ICT flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 53% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Thursdays have been rough.

MDW–ICT flights arrived on time 92% of the time on Wednesdays and just 58% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon67%(24 flights)
  • Tue75%(24 flights)
  • Wed92%(24 flights)
  • Thu58%(26 flights)
  • Fri69%(26 flights)
  • Sat83%(18 flights)
  • Sun64%(25 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(88 flights)
  • 6–9 PM(9 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM53%(70 flights)
On-time trend by month
79%
May

Mar 68% → May 79% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
March 202668%53
April 202668%57
May 202679%57

Based on 168 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.