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Route Reliability

Providence → Chicago

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

85
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
85%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min
Average arrival delay
1.6%
Cancelled
768
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 85% of the time across 768 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

PVD–MDW flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 68% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

PVD–MDW flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 81%.

Slipping a little lately.

PVD–MDW flights arrived on time 83% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 90% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon84%(115 flights)
  • Tue89%(113 flights)
  • Wed85%(115 flights)
  • Thu84%(120 flights)
  • Fri85%(121 flights)
  • Sat86%(73 flights)
  • Sun81%(96 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM95%(189 flights)
  • 6–9 AM91%(157 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM92%(37 flights)
  • 12–3 PM86%(131 flights)
  • 3–6 PM82%(56 flights)
  • 6–9 PM68%(183 flights)
On-time trend by month
79%
May

Jun 76% → May 79% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202576%74
July 202572%81
August 202588%85
September 202595%86
October 202590%76
November 202594%32
December 202585%39
January 202696%28
February 202688%24
March 202681%74
April 202690%77
May 202679%77

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Based on 768 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.