PSP to MDW flight delays
Palm Springs, CA (PSP) Chicago, IL (MDW) · 1,657 miles
72 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
72.86%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.39%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
67 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
19 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
This route does worse than its own airport. PSP as a whole runs 9.7 points more punctual than these flights, which points at something specific to the route — the time of day it is scheduled, or the aircraft that feed it — rather than the airport.
Flights from Palm Springs to Chicago run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Every airline on PSP 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 | 72 | 72.86% | 1.39% | 67 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
MDW to PSP Chicago back to Palm Springs 77.14% on time —Other routes from Palm Springs
Common questions
Are flights from Palm Springs to Chicago usually delayed?
72.86% of flights on the PSP to MDW 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.
How often are PSP to MDW flights cancelled?
1.39% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 14 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When PSP to MDW flights are late, how late are they?
About 67 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 PSP to MDW during July 2024 – July 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 →