Flights Baltimore → Chicago
BWI → MDW
Route overview
The flight route from Baltimore to Chicago has a 71% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 15.8 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route saw a total of 374 flights departing from Baltimore's airport, which opened in 1947, connecting to one of the busiest airports in the United States that handles nearly 20 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 Baltimore (BWI) → Chicago (MDW) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 504 flights monitored in recent months, 69% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 17 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.56%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.3/100 (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 Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Baltimore (BWI) to Chicago (MDW) heads west for about 981 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 39m.
Departures from Baltimore on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 34% of BWI-MDW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 504 tracked BWI-MDW flights, 69% left on time with an average delay of 17 min and a 4.6% 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 BWI-MDW
On the Baltimore (BWI) -> Chicago (MDW) route, on-time performance is 69% with an average delay of 17 minutes, based on 504 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Baltimore-Chicago is 4.56% across 504 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.
