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Route Reliability

Manchester → Chicago

MHTMDW · 838 miles · Manchester–Boston Regional Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport

92
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
88%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min early
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
512
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 88% of the time across 512 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MHT–MDW flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 63% between 6–9 PM.

Mondays have been rough.

MHT–MDW flights arrived on time 96% of the time on Wednesdays and just 81% on Mondays. That gap is worth planning around.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon81%(77 flights)
  • Tue85%(73 flights)
  • Wed96%(73 flights)
  • Thu84%(81 flights)
  • Fri87%(79 flights)
  • Sat92%(52 flights)
  • Sun90%(72 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM94%(86 flights)
  • 6–9 AM94%(233 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM(6 flights)
  • 12–3 PM(1 flights)
  • 3–6 PM86%(97 flights)
  • 6–9 PM63%(84 flights)
On-time trend by month
84%
May

Jun 77% → May 84% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202577%52
July 202577%56
August 202587%54
September 202598%56
October 202595%56
November 202596%27
December 202572%29
January 202693%27
February 202696%27
March 202694%31
April 202688%43
May 202684%49

Based on 512 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.