MDW to SLC flight delays
Chicago, IL (MDW) Salt Lake City, UT (SLC) · 1,259 miles
618 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
69.09%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.94%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
44 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
15 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In October it ran 35.9 points more punctual than in June — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
The two directions do not behave alike. SLC to MDW arrives on time 15.1 points more 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.
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 Chicago to Salt Lake City run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Southwest Airlines arrived on time most often on MDW to SLC. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in June.
Every airline on MDW to SLC
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 | 618 | 69.09% | 1.94% | 44 min | D |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
SLC to MDW Salt Lake City back to Chicago 84.18% on time BOther routes from Chicago
Common questions
Are flights from Chicago to Salt Lake City usually delayed?
69.09% of flights on the MDW to SLC route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Chicago to Salt Lake City?
Only Southwest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 618 flights and 69.09% arriving on time.
How often are MDW to SLC flights cancelled?
1.94% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 19 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Chicago to Salt Lake City?
October, when 87.7% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 51.8%.
When MDW to SLC flights are late, how late are they?
About 44 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 MDW to SLC 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 →