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Route Reliability

Richmond → Chicago

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

83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
0.7%
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 80% of the time across 411 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

RIC–MDW flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 58% between 6–9 PM.

Mondays have been rough.

RIC–MDW flights arrived on time 96% of the time on Wednesdays and just 67% on Mondays. That gap is worth planning around.

Recent months have been rougher.

RIC–MDW flights arrived on time 71% 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
  • Mon67%(61 flights)
  • Tue92%(51 flights)
  • Wed96%(52 flights)
  • Thu78%(58 flights)
  • Fri78%(60 flights)
  • Sat83%(52 flights)
  • Sun71%(72 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM100%(17 flights)
  • 6–9 AM91%(122 flights)
  • 12–3 PM89%(28 flights)
  • 3–6 PM81%(140 flights)
  • 6–9 PM58%(99 flights)
On-time trend by month
68%
May

Jun 82% → May 68% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202582%50
July 202575%51
August 202584%38
September 202591%34
October 202589%35
November 202575%28
December 202565%31
January 202696%26
February 202692%24
March 202672%29
April 202672%29
May 202668%31

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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.