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Route Reliability

Chicago → Providence

MDW–PVD · 842 miles · Chicago Midway International Airport to Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport

80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
1.3%
Cancelled
770
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 77% of the time across 770 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MDW–PVD flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 59% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MDW–PVD flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Wednesdays and just 69% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Slipping a little lately.

MDW–PVD flights arrived on time 74% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 78% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(119 flights)
  • Tue80%(117 flights)
  • Wed84%(115 flights)
  • Thu75%(119 flights)
  • Fri74%(123 flights)
  • Sat80%(73 flights)
  • Sun69%(94 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM95%(78 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM92%(148 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(169 flights)
  • 3–6 PM71%(66 flights)
  • 6–9 PM65%(277 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM59%(22 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 76% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202576%74
July 202569%83
August 202574%86
September 202593%86
October 202586%76
November 202576%33
December 202570%40
January 202686%28
February 202677%26
March 202664%73
April 202680%78
May 202678%77

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Based on 770 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.