DFW → MDWDallas-Fort Worth to Chicago

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Direct flights from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Chicago (MDW): 7 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 7 minutes late. 1 of the 4 tracked flights was cancelled. The nonstop covers 1,283 km, an estimated 2 hours 9 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Dallas-Fort Worth and Chicago. Updated 24 October 2026 at 10:04 UTC.

Today, DFW → MDW

Sat 24 Oct · local times
  1. 12:12 F92882Frontier Airlines On scheduleGate E20 · TE MDW 14:35scheduled

Checked DFW board 04:17 · MDW board 05:04

DFW Dallas-Fort Worth heavy · +55
MDW Chicago busy · +27
1,283 km · ~2h 09m est.
departs 09:547x weekly
Under pressure · 1 airline · 7x weekly · nonstop
45 / 100

route health from live DFW and MDW delay boards

Median arrival delay is +7 min. 1 of 4 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Median arrival+7 minacross the last 4 operated legs
Flight time~2h 09mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures7x1 direct airline on the leg

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days
Frontier AirlinesF9

Flights F92882 varies daily

History

operated legs · board outcomes
10-23F92882dep +163 → arr+151
10-22F92882dep −10 → arr−16
10-21F92882dep +9 → arr+7
10-20F92882cancelledCNX

Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.

Full board history, day by day →

Airports right now

live boards
DFWDallas-Fort Worth +55 min heavy 🌤 clear · S 3 kt Full DFW delay board →
MDWChicago +27 min busy 🌤 few clouds · S 4 kt Full MDW delay board →

Weather lens

Current conditions put the pressure at MDW: 38% odds of a 15+ minute delay and around +9 min expected when it bites, measured from this route's own weather-matched delay history. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →

How the Dallas-Fort Worth to Chicago route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop DFW to MDW flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.

Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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DFW to MDW questions

Is DFW–MDW running on time right now?

Significant delay risk. The departure side at DFW is the weaker end, route health score 45/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

How long is the flight from DFW to MDW?

Great-circle distance is 1,283 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 121–140 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does DFW–MDW fly?

Frontier Airlines runs the route with about 7 flights a week (daily). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.

What does the route health score measure?

A blend of departure-side delay at DFW and arrival-side delay at MDW, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.