Flights Chicago → Salt Lake City
MDW → SLC
Route overview
The flight route from Chicago to Salt Lake City has a punctuality rate of 68%, with an average delay of 12.3 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 163 flights, serving a popular destination airport that handles nearly 25,752,783 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) → Salt Lake City (SLC) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 221 flights monitored in recent months, 68% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.98%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Salt Lake City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (MDW) to Salt Lake City (SLC) heads west for about 2,021 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 57m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 52% of MDW-SLC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Salt Lake City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 221 tracked MDW-SLC flights, 68% left on time with an average delay of 13 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-SLC
On the Chicago (MDW) -> Salt Lake City (SLC) route, on-time performance is 68% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 221 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Salt Lake City is 4.98% across 221 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.
