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Route Reliability

Chicago → Milwaukee

MDWMKE · 80 miles · Chicago Midway International Airport to Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport

62
A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
69%
Arrive within 15 minutes
14 min
Average arrival delay
3.4%
Cancelled
176
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 69% of the time across 176 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MDW–MKE flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 47% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

MDW–MKE flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Saturdays and just 62% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.4% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon73%(22 flights)
  • Tue65%(23 flights)
  • Wed71%(24 flights)
  • Thu63%(24 flights)
  • Fri62%(26 flights)
  • Sat81%(26 flights)
  • Sun72%(25 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(87 flights)
  • 6–9 PM(9 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM47%(74 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Mar 62% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
March 202662%50
April 202668%59
May 202677%61

Based on 176 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.