Flights Chicago → Baltimore
MDW → BWI
Route overview
The flight route from Chicago to Baltimore is operated by Boeing 737-800 aircraft and has a punctuality rate of 74%, with an average delay of 14.9 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 376 flights, serving Baltimore's busy airport which opened in 1947 and currently handles approximately 22,804,744 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 Chicago (MDW) → Baltimore (BWI) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 514 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 5.06%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Baltimore: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (MDW) to Baltimore (BWI) heads east for about 981 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 39m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 44% of MDW-BWI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Baltimore it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 514 tracked MDW-BWI flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 5.1% 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 MDW-BWI
On the Chicago (MDW) -> Baltimore (BWI) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 514 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Baltimore is 5.06% across 514 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.
