Flights Charleston → Chicago
CHS → MDW
Route overview
The flight route from Charleston to Chicago operates with a total of 80 flights, maintaining an on-time performance rate of 76%. With an average delay of 12.9 minutes, the route generally experiences moderate delays. The departure airport in Charleston has been operational since 1941, while the destination airport sees over nineteen 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 Charleston (CHS) → Chicago (MDW) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 115 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 1.74%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.4/100 (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 Charleston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Charleston (CHS) to Chicago (MDW) heads north-west for about 1,200 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 55m.
Departures from Charleston on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 64% of CHS-MDW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Charleston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 115 tracked CHS-MDW flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 1.7% 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 CHS-MDW
On the Charleston (CHS) -> Chicago (MDW) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 115 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Charleston-Chicago is 1.74% across 115 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.
