Flights Chicago → Charleston
MDW → CHS
Route overview
The flight route from Chicago to Charleston has a 73% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of eleven minutes. The destination airport, which opened in 1941, serves over five 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 Chicago (MDW) → Charleston (CHS) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 115 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 1.74%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Charleston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Charleston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (MDW) to Charleston (CHS) heads south-east for about 1,200 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 55m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 78% of MDW-CHS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Charleston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 115 tracked MDW-CHS flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 9 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 MDW-CHS
On the Chicago (MDW) -> Charleston (CHS) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 115 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Charleston 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.
