Historical on-time performance
Chicago to Burbank
1,740 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on MDW–BUR arrive on time 75% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate75%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 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-time75%Medianon timep9040 minCancel0.4%Flights244
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline41%
- Weather6%
- Air traffic (NAS)23%
- Late aircraft30%
- Security1%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly MDW → BUR
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 — 80% on time.
- Mornings80% on time · p90 25 min · 360 flights
- Middays73% on time · p90 40 min · 234 flights
- Afternoons70% on time · p90 35 min · 91 flights · limited
- Evenings52% on time · p90 60 min · 120 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 59% to 81% on time.
- Wednesdays81% on time · p90 25 min · 110 flights · limited
- Saturdays78% on time · p90 40 min · 115 flights · limited
- Tuesdays77% on time · p90 35 min · 111 flights · limited
- Fridays74% on time · p90 35 min · 120 flights · limited
- Thursdays72% on time · p90 30 min · 117 flights · limited
- Mondays69% on time · p90 65 min · 118 flights · limited
- Sundays59% on time · p90 50 min · 114 flights · limited
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