Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records

WN 1448 · Washington (DCA) → Chicago (MDW)

Sold by Southwest. Still flying: 40 of the last 56 days (Mon–Fri).

Arrives on time46%within 15 minutes, of 42 flights
Cancelled9.5%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late16%of flights that operated
When late, on average71 minlate, among flights 15+ min late

Schedule

Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport (Chicago is 1 h behind Washington).

Leaves DCA
21:00
Arrives MDW
22:05
Flight time
2h 02m
Days flown, last 8 weeks
40 of 56

Each square is a day, Sat Jun 6 to Fri Jul 31, two weeks per row (each column is the same weekday); filled = flew.

How late it arrives

Share of flights that operated arriving more than this late.

15+ min late54%
30+ min late35%
1h+ late16%
2h+ late11%
20%40%60% 015301h1h302h3h

Horizontal: minutes late at arrival (0 to 3 hours). Vertical: share of flights later than that.

Its hour at DCA

All flights leaving Washington (DCA) at 9–10 pm, wherever they’re going: 66% left within 15 minutes and 6.2% were cancelled (1,871 flights in the year). Other Southwest flights on this route →

Upcoming forecasts

Our odds that this flight is late or cancelled on the days we publish.