ICT to MDW flight delays
Wichita, KS (ICT) Chicago, IL (MDW) · 589 miles
228 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
86.61%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.88%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
79 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
11 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The two directions do not behave alike. MDW to ICT arrives on time 16.8 points less often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
The shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 79 minutes — long enough to lose a connection or an evening. The on-time percentage looks reassuring and understates the consequence of being on the wrong flight.
Only Southwest Airlines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Flights from Wichita to Chicago keep to schedule more reliably than most. On a route this punctual the day you fly matters more than the airline you pick.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Southwest Airlines arrived on time most often on ICT to MDW. Flights ran closest to schedule in April and worst in June.
Every airline on ICT to MDW
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 228 | 86.61% | 0.88% | 79 min | B |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
MDW to ICT Chicago back to Wichita 69.78% on time DOther routes from Wichita
Common questions
Are flights from Wichita to Chicago usually delayed?
86.61% of flights on the ICT to MDW route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 1 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Wichita to Chicago?
Only Southwest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 228 flights and 86.61% arriving on time.
How often are ICT to MDW flights cancelled?
0.88% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 9 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When ICT to MDW flights are late, how late are they?
About 79 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on ICT to MDW during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →