Historical on-time performance
Chicago to Charlotte
584 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on MDW–CLT arrive on time 70% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate70%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.0%of scheduled flights
based on 705 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time70%Medianon timep9050 minCancel1.0%Flights705
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline30%
- Weather1%
- Air traffic (NAS)21%
- Late aircraft48%
- 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 MDW → CLT
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 60% to 84% on time.
- Mornings84% on time · p90 20 min · 605 flights
- Middays81% on time · p90 25 min · 428 flights
- Evenings70% on time · p90 50 min · 688 flights
- Afternoons69% on time · p90 45 min · 318 flights
- Overnights60% on time · p90 60 min · 361 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 66% to 77% on time.
- Tuesdays77% on time · p90 30 min · 357 flights
- Wednesdays76% on time · p90 30 min · 359 flights
- Mondays76% on time · p90 40 min · 390 flights
- Fridays75% on time · p90 40 min · 389 flights
- Saturdays73% on time · p90 35 min · 194 flights · limited
- Thursdays72% on time · p90 40 min · 386 flights
- Sundays66% on time · p90 50 min · 325 flights
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