Historical on-time performance
Burbank to Chicago
1,740 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on BUR–MDW arrive on time 88% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate88%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay15 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.4%of scheduled flights
based on 244 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time88%Medianon timep9015 minCancel0.4%Flights244
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline28%
- Weather1%
- Air traffic (NAS)16%
- Late aircraft55%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly BUR → MDW
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 91% on time.
- Mornings91% on time · p90 10 min · 326 flights
- Middays85% on time · p90 20 min · 466 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 83% to 94% on time.
- Tuesdays94% on time · p90 5 min · 110 flights · limited
- Saturdays88% on time · p90 15 min · 112 flights · limited
- Wednesdays88% on time · p90 20 min · 110 flights · limited
- Thursdays87% on time · p90 15 min · 117 flights · limited
- Mondays86% on time · p90 15 min · 118 flights · limited
- Fridays85% on time · p90 25 min · 120 flights · limited
- Sundays83% on time · p90 20 min · 114 flights · limited
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