SRQ to MDW flight delays
Sarasota/Bradenton, FL (SRQ) Chicago, IL (MDW) · 1,035 miles
519 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
73.31%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.73%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
58 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
17 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 29.9 points more punctual than in May — 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.
This route does worse than its own airport. SRQ as a whole runs 7.5 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.
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.
This is a thin route — 519 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Southwest Airlines arrived on time most often on SRQ to MDW. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in May.
Every airline on SRQ 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 | 519 | 73.31% | 1.73% | 58 min | D |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
Other routes from Sarasota/Bradenton
Common questions
Are flights from Sarasota/Bradenton to Chicago usually delayed?
73.31% of flights on the SRQ 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.
Which airlines fly from Sarasota/Bradenton to Chicago?
Only Southwest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 519 flights and 73.31% arriving on time.
How often are SRQ to MDW flights cancelled?
1.73% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 17 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Sarasota/Bradenton to Chicago?
October, when 93.5% of flights arrived on time. The worst was May at 63.6%.
When SRQ to MDW flights are late, how late are they?
About 58 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 SRQ 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 →