Historical on-time performance
Chicago to Dallas-Fort Worth
797 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on MDW–DFW arrive on time 72% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate72%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay70 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.9%of scheduled flights
based on 157 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Frontier AirlinesOn-time72%Medianon timep9070 minCancel1.9%Flights157
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline26%
- Weather9%
- Air traffic (NAS)35%
- Late aircraft30%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS).
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly MDW → DFW
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 — 79% on time.
- Mornings79% on time · p90 35 min · 496 flights
- Middays65% on time · p90 60 min · 190 flights · limited
- Evenings62% on time · p90 120 min · 183 flights · limited
- Afternoons57% on time · p90 100 min · 335 flights
- Overnights49% on time · p90 125 min · 142 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 62% to 71% on time.
- Saturdays71% on time · p90 65 min · 185 flights · limited
- Tuesdays69% on time · p90 35 min · 166 flights · limited
- Wednesdays68% on time · p90 90 min · 155 flights · limited
- Fridays65% on time · p90 85 min · 212 flights
- Sundays65% on time · p90 95 min · 211 flights
- Thursdays65% on time · p90 85 min · 208 flights
- Mondays62% on time · p90 100 min · 209 flights
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