Historical on-time performance
Long Beach to Chicago
1,741 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on LGB–MDW arrive on time 89% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate89%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay15 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.0%of scheduled flights
based on 215 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time89%Medianon timep9015 minCancel0.0%Flights215
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline30%
- Weather0%
- Air traffic (NAS)14%
- Late aircraft56%
- 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 LGB → 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 — 94% on time.
- Mornings94% on time · p90 5 min · 561 flights
- Middays82% on time · p90 25 min · 816 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 81% to 96% on time.
- Saturdays96% on time · p90 on time · 134 flights · limited
- Sundays91% on time · p90 10 min · 183 flights · limited
- Wednesdays89% on time · p90 10 min · 213 flights
- Thursdays88% on time · p90 15 min · 210 flights
- Fridays86% on time · p90 15 min · 212 flights
- Tuesdays84% on time · p90 15 min · 213 flights
- Mondays81% on time · p90 25 min · 212 flights
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