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Route Reliability

Sarasota → Chicago

SRQ–MDW · 1,035 miles · Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport

71
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
1.7%
Cancelled
518
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 74% of the time across 518 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

SRQ–MDW flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 48% between 6–9 PM.

Skip Tuesday if you can.

SRQ–MDW flights arrived on time 78% of the time on Wednesdays. On Tuesdays: 67%.

Slipping a little lately.

SRQ–MDW flights arrived on time 66% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 73% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon71%(76 flights)
  • Tue67%(63 flights)
  • Wed78%(64 flights)
  • Thu74%(77 flights)
  • Fri76%(79 flights)
  • Sat74%(84 flights)
  • Sun77%(62 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM100%(17 flights)
  • 6–9 AM94%(133 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(65 flights)
  • 12–3 PM76%(62 flights)
  • 3–6 PM66%(101 flights)
  • 6–9 PM48%(127 flights)
On-time trend by month
64%
May

Jun 76% → May 64% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202576%53
July 202570%56
August 202579%33
September 202597%30
October 202594%31
November 202578%32
December 202570%33
January 202674%31
February 202674%39
March 202665%72
April 202669%51
May 202664%44

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Based on 518 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.