Flights Chicago → Philadelphia
MDW → PHL
Route overview
The flight route from Chicago to Philadelphia has a punctuality rate of 74%, with an average delay of 12.2 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 288 flights, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic, which handles nearly 28 million passengers yearly.
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) → Philadelphia (PHL) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 410 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.17%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Philadelphia the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Philadelphia: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (MDW) to Philadelphia (PHL) heads east for about 1,073 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 46m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 43% of MDW-PHL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Philadelphia it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 410 tracked MDW-PHL flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 3.2% 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-PHL
On the Chicago (MDW) -> Philadelphia (PHL) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 410 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Philadelphia is 3.17% across 410 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.
