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Route Reliability

Chicago → Norfolk

MDW–ORF · 704 miles · Chicago Midway International Airport to Norfolk International Airport

77
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
0.9%
Cancelled
568
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 73% of the time across 568 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MDW–ORF flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 67% between 6–9 PM.

Thursdays have been rough.

MDW–ORF flights arrived on time 91% of the time on Saturdays and just 66% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Recent months have been rougher.

MDW–ORF flights arrived on time 72% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 80% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon66%(86 flights)
  • Tue79%(84 flights)
  • Wed76%(82 flights)
  • Thu66%(83 flights)
  • Fri69%(85 flights)
  • Sat91%(57 flights)
  • Sun72%(86 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM100%(17 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(126 flights)
  • 12–3 PM73%(122 flights)
  • 3–6 PM79%(33 flights)
  • 6–9 PM67%(265 flights)
On-time trend by month
61%
May

Jun 62% → May 61% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202562%78
July 202558%86
August 202571%61
September 202584%56
October 202588%58
November 202588%33
December 202576%42
January 202680%30
February 202685%27
March 202673%30
April 202681%31
May 202661%31

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Based on 568 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.