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Route Reliability

Norfolk → Chicago

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

82
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
1.4%
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 81% of the time across 568 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

ORF–MDW flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 61% between 6–9 PM.

Thursday is the weak spot.

ORF–MDW flights arrived on time 86% of the time on Mondays. On Thursdays: 77%.

Recent months have been rougher.

ORF–MDW flights arrived on time 72% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 88% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon86%(81 flights)
  • Tue83%(83 flights)
  • Wed82%(82 flights)
  • Thu77%(81 flights)
  • Fri84%(85 flights)
  • Sat80%(59 flights)
  • Sun77%(86 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM95%(145 flights)
  • 6–9 AM93%(85 flights)
  • 12–3 PM85%(58 flights)
  • 3–6 PM93%(71 flights)
  • 6–9 PM61%(198 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 80% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202580%79
July 202576%87
August 202580%60
September 202582%55
October 202593%58
November 202591%33
December 202571%42
January 2026100%29
February 202692%25
March 202645%29
April 202690%29
May 202681%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.