Flights Chicago → Tampa
MDW → TPA
Route overview
The flight route from Chicago to Tampa is operated primarily with Boeing 737-800 aircraft and has a total of 429 flights annually. With an on-time performance rate of 74%, the average delay for these flights is approximately 14 minutes, serving one of the busiest destination airports in the United States, which sees over 21 million passengers per year.
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) → Tampa (TPA) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 562 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.56%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Tampa: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (MDW) to Tampa (TPA) heads south for about 1,607 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 26m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 44% of MDW-TPA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Tampa it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 562 tracked MDW-TPA flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 3.6% 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-TPA
On the Chicago (MDW) -> Tampa (TPA) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 562 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Tampa is 3.56% across 562 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.
