Historical on-time performance
Chicago to Sarasota
1,035 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on MDW–SRQ arrive on time 72% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate72%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.6%of scheduled flights
based on 511 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time72%Medianon timep9040 minCancel0.6%Flights511
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline29%
- Weather1%
- Air traffic (NAS)28%
- Late aircraft40%
- Security2%
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 → SRQ
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 53% to 79% on time.
- Mornings79% on time · p90 40 min · 390 flights
- Middays74% on time · p90 35 min · 491 flights
- Evenings69% on time · p90 45 min · 303 flights
- Afternoons64% on time · p90 55 min · 179 flights · limited
- Overnights53% on time · p90 75 min · 135 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 64% to 76% on time.
- Saturdays76% on time · p90 55 min · 254 flights
- Tuesdays75% on time · p90 45 min · 196 flights · limited
- Sundays73% on time · p90 60 min · 211 flights
- Mondays72% on time · p90 50 min · 213 flights
- Wednesdays72% on time · p90 35 min · 198 flights · limited
- Thursdays65% on time · p90 45 min · 213 flights
- Fridays64% on time · p90 50 min · 213 flights
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