Flights Chicago → Manchester NH
MDW → MHT
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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) → Manchester NH (MHT) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 128 flights monitored in recent months, 72% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.78%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Manchester NH the average ATFM delay is 2.8 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Manchester NH: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (MDW) to Manchester NH (MHT) heads east for about 1,345 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 6m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 59% of MDW-MHT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Manchester NH it is 2.8 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 128 tracked MDW-MHT flights, 72% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 0.8% 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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On the Chicago (MDW) -> Manchester NH (MHT) route, on-time performance is 72% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 128 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Manchester NH is 0.78% across 128 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.
