Las Vegas (LAS) – Chicago (MDW)
- Distance
- 2,447 km
- 1,521 mi · 1,321 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 21 min / 3 h 47 min
- Average gate to gate: LAS → MDW / back
- Time difference
- 2 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 307 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (182 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 682,595
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −12.6%
- Flights / week
- 87
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 89%
- 769,253 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 1
- WN
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 LAS
- 67°
- Heading from MDW
- 264°
- Halfway point
- 39.75, -102.01
- Great-circle km
- 2,442 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air LAS → MDW
- 3 h
- In the air MDW → LAS
- 3 h 27 min
- Clocks
- Chicago is 2 h ahead of Las Vegas
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 40 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 63,113 |
| Sep 2025 | 63,398 |
| Oct 2025 | 63,936 |
| Nov 2025 | 50,507 |
| Dec 2025 | 54,992 |
| Jan 2026 | 46,551 |
| Feb 2026 | 41,392 |
| Mar 2026 | 59,772 |
| Apr 2026 | 55,183 |
| May 2026 | 61,683 |
| Jun 2026 | 60,218 |
| Jul 2026 | 61,850 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 428 |
| Sep 2025 | 425 |
| Oct 2025 | 420 |
| Nov 2025 | 340 |
| Dec 2025 | 371 |
| Jan 2026 | 321 |
| Feb 2026 | 279 |
| Mar 2026 | 382 |
| Apr 2026 | 379 |
| May 2026 | 401 |
| Jun 2026 | 384 |
| Jul 2026 | 399 |
Airlines flying LAS–MDW nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 87 | 100% |
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 · 2,373 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,494 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 658 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 4 flights
Also carried: 641 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 76.3%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 13 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.8%
- Flights counted
- 4,573
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 37% · aircraft arriving late 43% · air traffic system 18% · weather 2% · security 0%.
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
- $229
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $207
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 99% of passengers · $229
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 99% of passengers · $229
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $200 · Q3 2025 $195 · Q4 2025 $208 · Q1 2026 $229).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $234, likely $202–$267
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 4.8%). 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: Q3, 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: 2,442 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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