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Route Reliability

Chicago → Indianapolis

MDW–IND · 162 miles · Chicago Midway International Airport to Indianapolis International Airport

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
85%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min early
Average arrival delay
1.5%
Cancelled
610
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 85% of the time across 610 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MDW–IND flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 67% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

MDW–IND flights arrived on time 92% of the time on Tuesdays. On Fridays: 79%.

Slipping a little lately.

MDW–IND flights arrived on time 85% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 88% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon83%(83 flights)
  • Tue92%(88 flights)
  • Wed92%(87 flights)
  • Thu86%(86 flights)
  • Fri79%(86 flights)
  • Sat83%(86 flights)
  • Sun82%(85 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM—(5 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM94%(298 flights)
  • 12–3 PM—(4 flights)
  • 3–6 PM—(1 flights)
  • 6–9 PM82%(185 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM67%(108 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Aug 85% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
August 202585%54
September 202582%60
October 202584%62
November 202585%58
December 202584%63
January 202687%63
February 202693%57
March 202678%59
April 202692%65
May 202683%60

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Based on 610 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.