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Route Reliability

Chicago → Long Beach

MDW–LGB · 1,741 miles · Chicago Midway International Airport to Long Beach Airport

82
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
292
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 78% of the time across 292 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MDW–LGB flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 52% between 3–6 PM.

Thursday is the weak spot.

MDW–LGB flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Fridays. On Thursdays: 74%.

Recent months have been rougher.

MDW–LGB flights arrived on time 69% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 79% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon74%(43 flights)
  • Tue79%(43 flights)
  • Wed79%(43 flights)
  • Thu74%(42 flights)
  • Fri81%(43 flights)
  • Sat77%(31 flights)
  • Sun77%(44 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM86%(35 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(148 flights)
  • 12–3 PM66%(76 flights)
  • 3–6 PM52%(21 flights)
  • 6–9 PM—(9 flights)
On-time trend by month
72%
May

Jun 77% → May 72% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202577%30
July 202565%31
August 202594%31
September 202590%30
October 202577%31
November 202593%28
December 202568%31
March 202662%21
April 202673%26
May 202672%25

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Based on 292 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.