Atlanta (ATL) – Chicago (MDW)
- Distance
- 951 km
- 591 mi · 513 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 52 min / 1 h 51 min
- Average gate to gate: ATL → MDW / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 120 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (71 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 840,489
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −3.4%
- Flights / week
- 133
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 79%
- 1,067,438 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- WN, DL, F9
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from ATL
- 343°
- Heading from MDW
- 161°
- Halfway point
- 37.72, -86.00
- Great-circle km
- 952 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air ATL → MDW
- 1 h 30 min
- In the air MDW → ATL
- 1 h 24 min
- Clocks
- Chicago is 1 h behind Atlanta
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 55 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 76,017 |
| Sep 2025 | 73,062 |
| Oct 2025 | 76,588 |
| Nov 2025 | 63,273 |
| Dec 2025 | 67,349 |
| Jan 2026 | 53,425 |
| Feb 2026 | 54,899 |
| Mar 2026 | 62,504 |
| Apr 2026 | 67,081 |
| May 2026 | 79,693 |
| Jun 2026 | 82,961 |
| Jul 2026 | 83,637 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 607 |
| Sep 2025 | 585 |
| Oct 2025 | 607 |
| Nov 2025 | 547 |
| Dec 2025 | 561 |
| Jan 2026 | 537 |
| Feb 2026 | 517 |
| Mar 2026 | 550 |
| Apr 2026 | 571 |
| May 2026 | 591 |
| Jun 2026 | 602 |
| Jul 2026 | 615 |
Airlines flying ATL–MDW nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 58 | 44% |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 51 | 35% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 23 | 22% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,151 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 1,096 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,072 flights
- Boeing 717-200 · 997 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 897 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 817 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 797 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 62 flights
Also carried: 298 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 77.9%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 16 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2%
- Flights counted
- 7,053
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 75.7% | 15 min |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 84.8% | 12 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 68.2% | 25 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 38% · aircraft arriving late 40% · air traffic system 19% · weather 3% · security 1%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $189
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $180
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 48% of passengers · $187
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 24% of passengers · $125
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $171 · Q3 2025 $178 · Q4 2025 $184 · Q1 2026 $189).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $193, likely $167–$220
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 81% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 4.4%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q1, typically 3% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 952 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
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