Flights Tampa → Chicago
TPA → MDW
Route overview
The flight route from Tampa to Chicago operates with a moderate on-time performance rate of 71%, with an average delay time of 16.6 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 430 flights, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic, which handles nearly 19.9 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 Tampa (TPA) → Chicago (MDW) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 562 flights monitored in recent months, 72% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 6.05%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.5/100 (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 Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Tampa (TPA) to Chicago (MDW) heads north for about 1,607 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 26m.
Departures from Tampa on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 41% of TPA-MDW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 562 tracked TPA-MDW flights, 72% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 6.0% 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 TPA-MDW
On the Tampa (TPA) -> Chicago (MDW) route, on-time performance is 72% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 562 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Tampa-Chicago is 6.05% across 562 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.
