Flights Chicago → Birmingham
MDW → BHM
Route overview
The flight route from Chicago to Birmingham has an on-time performance rate of 80%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 10.2 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees 91 total flights, serving the highly trafficked destination airport which accommodates approximately 2,653,207 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) → Birmingham (BHM) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 139 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 5.04%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Birmingham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Birmingham: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (MDW) to Birmingham (BHM) heads south for about 919 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 34m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 43% of MDW-BHM flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Birmingham it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 139 tracked MDW-BHM flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 5.0% 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-BHM
On the Chicago (MDW) -> Birmingham (BHM) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 139 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Birmingham is 5.04% across 139 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.
