Chicago (MDW) – Phoenix (PHX)
- Distance
- 2,323 km
- 1,443 mi · 1,254 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 40 min / 3 h 10 min
- Average gate to gate: MDW → PHX / back
- Time difference
- 1 h / 2 h
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 292 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (172 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 788,277
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −3.5%
- Flights / week
- 104
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 85%
- 923,309 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- WN, 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 MDW
- 254°
- Heading from PHX
- 59°
- Halfway point
- 38.24, -100.57
- Great-circle km
- 2,319 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air MDW → PHX
- 3 h 19 min
- In the air PHX → MDW
- 2 h 52 min
- Clocks
- 1 h in January, 2 h in July
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 30 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 61,676 |
| Sep 2025 | 58,877 |
| Oct 2025 | 78,891 |
| Nov 2025 | 60,234 |
| Dec 2025 | 68,400 |
| Jan 2026 | 53,626 |
| Feb 2026 | 57,190 |
| Mar 2026 | 83,030 |
| Apr 2026 | 70,597 |
| May 2026 | 70,121 |
| Jun 2026 | 68,018 |
| Jul 2026 | 57,617 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 420 |
| Sep 2025 | 402 |
| Oct 2025 | 530 |
| Nov 2025 | 424 |
| Dec 2025 | 480 |
| Jan 2026 | 403 |
| Feb 2026 | 411 |
| Mar 2026 | 544 |
| Apr 2026 | 495 |
| May 2026 | 466 |
| Jun 2026 | 441 |
| Jul 2026 | 385 |
Airlines flying MDW–PHX nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 99 | 95% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 4.5 | 5% |
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 · 2,758 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,731 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 680 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 220 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 10 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 2 flights
Also carried: 574 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 73.7%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 15 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.4%
- Flights counted
- 5,495
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 73.8% | 15 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 72.4% | 32 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 38% · aircraft arriving late 43% · air traffic system 14% · weather 4% · 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
- $220
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $202
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 89% of passengers · $229
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 11% of passengers · $146
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $199 · Q3 2025 $184 · Q4 2025 $204 · Q1 2026 $220).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $224, likely $199–$256
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 76% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 6%). 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 6% 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: 2,319 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.
Every airport pair between Chicago and Phoenix
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