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Route Reliability

Chicago → Richmond

MDW–RIC · 629 miles · Chicago Midway International Airport to Richmond International Airport

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
411
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 411 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MDW–RIC flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 57% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MDW–RIC flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Fridays and just 63% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Recent months have been rougher.

MDW–RIC flights arrived on time 69% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 84% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(61 flights)
  • Tue79%(52 flights)
  • Wed81%(52 flights)
  • Thu76%(59 flights)
  • Fri83%(59 flights)
  • Sat81%(52 flights)
  • Sun63%(72 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM—(1 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(137 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(170 flights)
  • 3–6 PM74%(34 flights)
  • 6–9 PM57%(56 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(9 flights)
On-time trend by month
55%
May

Jun 68% → May 55% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202568%50
July 202568%50
August 202582%38
September 202588%34
October 202589%35
November 202582%28
December 202568%31
January 202692%26
February 202692%24
March 202663%30
April 202690%30
May 202655%31

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 411 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.