Flights Chicago → Windsor Locks
MDW → BDL
Route overview
The flight route from Chicago to Windsor Locks has a relatively low on-time performance rate of 67%, with an average delay of 22.5 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 200 flights, serving the busy destination airport which handles nearly 5.8 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) → Windsor Locks (BDL) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 258 flights monitored in recent months, 69% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 20 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.49%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 27.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Windsor Locks the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Windsor Locks: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (MDW) to Windsor Locks (BDL) heads east for about 1,246 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 59m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 39% of MDW-BDL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Windsor Locks it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 258 tracked MDW-BDL flights, 69% left on time with an average delay of 20 min and a 3.5% 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-BDL
On the Chicago (MDW) -> Windsor Locks (BDL) route, on-time performance is 69% with an average delay of 20 minutes, based on 258 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Windsor Locks is 3.49% across 258 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.
