Flights Manchester NH → Chicago
MHT → MDW
Route overview
This flight route connects Manchester, New Hampshire to Chicago and has a high on-time performance rate of 91%, with an average delay of just 3.4 minutes across the 101 flights recorded. The origin airport in Manchester opened in 1943 and serves as a gateway to one of the busiest destinations in the United States, with Chicago's airports collectively handling nearly twenty 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 Manchester NH (MHT) → Chicago (MDW) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 132 flights monitored in recent months, 87% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.4/100 (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 Manchester NH the average ATFM delay is 2.8 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Manchester NH (MHT) to Chicago (MDW) heads west for about 1,345 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 6m.
Departures from Manchester NH on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 67% of MHT-MDW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Manchester NH the average ATFM delay is 2.8 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 132 tracked MHT-MDW flights, 87% left on time with an average delay of 8 min and a 0.0% 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 MHT-MDW
On the Manchester NH (MHT) -> Chicago (MDW) route, on-time performance is 87% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 132 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Manchester NH-Chicago is 0.00% across 132 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.
