Flights Pittsburgh → Chicago
PIT → MDW
Route overview
The flight route from Pittsburgh to Chicago has a 77% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 13.2 minutes when flights are not on time. With over 255 total flights recorded, this route connects the historic Pittsburgh airport, which opened in 1944, to one of the busiest airports in the United States, serving 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 Pittsburgh (PIT) → Chicago (MDW) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 350 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 29.1/100 (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 Pittsburgh the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Pittsburgh (PIT) to Chicago (MDW) heads west for about 646 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 14m.
Departures from Pittsburgh on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 35% of PIT-MDW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Pittsburgh the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 350 tracked PIT-MDW flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 4.0% 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 PIT-MDW
On the Pittsburgh (PIT) -> Chicago (MDW) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 350 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Pittsburgh-Chicago is 4.00% across 350 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.
