Chicago (MDW) – Tampa (TPA)
- Distance
- 1,604 km
- 997 mi · 866 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 29 min / 2 h 39 min
- Average gate to gate: MDW → TPA / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 202 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (119 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 427,881
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −8.8%
- Flights / week
- 59
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 82%
- 519,191 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
- 161°
- Heading from TPA
- 344°
- Halfway point
- 34.91, -84.92
- Great-circle km
- 1,607 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air MDW → TPA
- 2 h 9 min
- In the air TPA → MDW
- 2 h 19 min
- Clocks
- Tampa is 1 h ahead of Chicago
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 40 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 36,600 |
| Sep 2025 | 32,093 |
| Oct 2025 | 35,473 |
| Nov 2025 | 31,726 |
| Dec 2025 | 34,629 |
| Jan 2026 | 31,001 |
| Feb 2026 | 30,608 |
| Mar 2026 | 46,140 |
| Apr 2026 | 35,947 |
| May 2026 | 37,307 |
| Jun 2026 | 39,796 |
| Jul 2026 | 36,561 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 255 |
| Sep 2025 | 222 |
| Oct 2025 | 246 |
| Nov 2025 | 245 |
| Dec 2025 | 269 |
| Jan 2026 | 255 |
| Feb 2026 | 228 |
| Mar 2026 | 343 |
| Apr 2026 | 258 |
| May 2026 | 246 |
| Jun 2026 | 261 |
| Jul 2026 | 262 |
Airlines flying MDW–TPA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 58 | 97% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 1.7 | 3% |
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 · 1,372 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 996 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 635 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 85 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 2 flights
Also carried: 300 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 76.7%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 14 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.7%
- Flights counted
- 3,150
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 76.4% | 14 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 88.2% | 12 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 30% · aircraft arriving late 48% · air traffic system 18% · weather 2% · 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
- $211
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $186
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 98% of passengers · $210
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 98% of passengers · $210
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $181 · Q3 2025 $165 · Q4 2025 $191 · Q1 2026 $211).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $215, likely $186–$246
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 90% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 5.7%). 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 5% 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: 1,607 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 Tampa
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