OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Chicago to Manchester NH

838 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on MDW–MHT 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)
Cancelled1.2%of scheduled flights

based on 401 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time75%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel1.2%
    Flights401

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline40%
  • Weather3%
  • Air traffic (NAS)5%
  • Late aircraft51%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline20%
  • Weather80%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 5 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly MDW → MHT

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Middays are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 83% on time.

  • Middays83% on time · p90 25 min · 676 flights
  • Afternoons71% on time · p90 45 min · 104 flights · limited
  • Evenings66% on time · p90 55 min · 535 flights
  • Overnights60% on time · p90 65 min · 168 flights · limited

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 65% to 81% on time.

  • Saturdays81% on time · p90 30 min · 168 flights · limited
  • Wednesdays79% on time · p90 35 min · 221 flights
  • Thursdays75% on time · p90 35 min · 239 flights
  • Tuesdays74% on time · p90 40 min · 221 flights
  • Mondays73% on time · p90 45 min · 235 flights
  • Fridays73% on time · p90 55 min · 237 flights
  • Sundays65% on time · p90 60 min · 197 flights · limited

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.