Skip to content
WanderNerd

Route Reliability

Chicago → Pensacola

MDWPNS · 781 miles · Chicago Midway International Airport to Pensacola International Airport

80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
123
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 82% of the time across 123 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MDW–PNS flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 68% between 12–3 PM.

Mondays have been rough.

MDW–PNS flights arrived on time 100% of the time on Wednesdays and just 64% on Mondays. That gap is worth planning around.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon64%(14 flights)
  • Tue83%(12 flights)
  • Wed100%(12 flights)
  • Thu85%(13 flights)
  • Fri77%(13 flights)
  • Sat79%(33 flights)
  • Sun87%(23 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM89%(28 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(53 flights)
  • 12–3 PM68%(34 flights)
  • 3–6 PM(5 flights)
On-time trend by month
92%
Apr

Jun 77% → Apr 92% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202577%26
July 202573%30
March 202687%30
April 202692%13

Based on 123 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.