Flights Albany → Chicago
ALB → MDW
Route overview
The flight route from Albany to Chicago has a punctuality rate of seventy-five percent, with an average delay of fifteen minutes and forty-two seconds. Over the course of a year, this route sees 143 flights, serving one of the busiest airports in its destination city, which handles nearly 19.9 million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Albany (ALB) → Chicago (MDW) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 190 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.68%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Albany the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Albany (ALB) to Chicago (MDW) heads west for about 1,152 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 52m.
Departures from Albany on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 59% of ALB-MDW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Albany the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 190 tracked ALB-MDW flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 3.7% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about ALB-MDW
On the Albany (ALB) -> Chicago (MDW) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 190 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Albany-Chicago is 3.68% across 190 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
