Historical on-time performance
Dallas-Fort Worth to Chicago
797 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on DFW–MDW arrive on time 69% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate69%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay75 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.4%of scheduled flights
based on 127 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Frontier AirlinesOn-time69%Medianon timep9075 minCancel2.4%Flights127
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline10%
- Weather3%
- Air traffic (NAS)5%
- Late aircraft82%
- 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 DFW → 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 — 76% on time.
- Mornings76% on time · p90 45 min · 325 flights
- Middays68% on time · p90 90 min · 380 flights
- Afternoons64% on time · p90 85 min · 100 flights · limited
- Overnights64% on time · p90 90 min · 255 flights
- Evenings55% on time · p90 105 min · 286 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 61% to 74% on time.
- Saturdays74% on time · p90 70 min · 186 flights · limited
- Tuesdays70% on time · p90 40 min · 166 flights · limited
- Fridays69% on time · p90 65 min · 212 flights
- Thursdays63% on time · p90 95 min · 208 flights
- Mondays63% on time · p90 105 min · 208 flights
- Sundays63% on time · p90 90 min · 211 flights
- Wednesdays61% on time · p90 85 min · 155 flights · limited
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