Flights Philadelphia → Chicago
PHL → MDW
Route overview
The flight route from Philadelphia to Chicago has a punctuality rate of 75%, with an average delay of 14.1 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 288 flights, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic, which handles nearly 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 Philadelphia (PHL) → Chicago (MDW) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 410 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 3.90%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.7/100 (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 Philadelphia the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Philadelphia (PHL) to Chicago (MDW) heads west for about 1,073 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 46m.
Departures from Philadelphia on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 40% of PHL-MDW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Philadelphia the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 410 tracked PHL-MDW flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 3.9% 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 PHL-MDW
On the Philadelphia (PHL) -> Chicago (MDW) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 410 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Philadelphia-Chicago is 3.90% across 410 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.
