Flights Providence → Chicago
PVD → MDW
Route overview
The flight route from Providence to Chicago has an on-time performance rate of 85%, with an average delay of 7.1 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 182 flights connecting these two cities, and the destination airport 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 Providence (PVD) → Chicago (MDW) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 214 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.67%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.9/100 (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 Providence the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Providence (PVD) to Chicago (MDW) heads west for about 1,352 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 7m.
Departures from Providence on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 41% of PVD-MDW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Providence the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 214 tracked PVD-MDW flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 7 min and a 4.7% 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 PVD-MDW
On the Providence (PVD) -> Chicago (MDW) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 214 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Providence-Chicago is 4.67% across 214 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.
