Flights Salt Lake City → Chicago
SLC → MDW
Route overview
The flight route from Salt Lake City to Chicago has a punctuality rate of 78%, with an average delay of 9.1 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 163 flights, connecting to one of the busiest airports in the United States, 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 Salt Lake City (SLC) → Chicago (MDW) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 221 flights monitored in recent months, 77% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.17%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.2/100 (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 Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Chicago (MDW) heads east for about 2,021 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 57m.
Departures from Salt Lake City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 53% of SLC-MDW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 221 tracked SLC-MDW flights, 77% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 3.2% 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 SLC-MDW
On the Salt Lake City (SLC) -> Chicago (MDW) route, on-time performance is 77% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 221 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Salt Lake City-Chicago is 3.17% across 221 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.
