Flights Chicago → San Antonio
MDW → SAT
Route overview
The flight route from Chicago to San Antonio has a 78% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 11.3 minutes when flights are not on time. The destination airport in San Antonio, which opened in 1942, serves over nine 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) → San Antonio (SAT) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 194 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.12%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At San Antonio the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to San Antonio: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (MDW) to San Antonio (SAT) heads south-west for about 1,668 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 30m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 50% of MDW-SAT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into San Antonio it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 194 tracked MDW-SAT flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 4.1% 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-SAT
On the Chicago (MDW) -> San Antonio (SAT) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 194 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-San Antonio is 4.12% across 194 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.
