Flights Jacksonville → Chicago
JAX → MDW
Route overview
The flight route from Jacksonville to Chicago has a moderate on-time performance rate of 69%, with an average delay time of 11.1 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 93 flights connecting to Chicago's busy airport, which serves approximately 19,916,643 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 Jacksonville (JAX) → Chicago (MDW) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 116 flights monitored in recent months, 70% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.59%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Jacksonville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Jacksonville (JAX) to Chicago (MDW) heads north for about 1,368 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 8m.
Departures from Jacksonville on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 42% of JAX-MDW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Jacksonville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 116 tracked JAX-MDW flights, 70% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 2.6% 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 JAX-MDW
On the Jacksonville (JAX) -> Chicago (MDW) route, on-time performance is 70% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 116 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Jacksonville-Chicago is 2.59% across 116 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.
