Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records
WN 4996 · New York (LGA) → Chicago (MDW)
Sold by Southwest. Still flying: 32 of the last 56 days (Mon, Thu, Fri, Sun).
Arrives on time48%within 15 minutes, of 34 flights
Cancelled2.9%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late15%of flights that operated
When late, on average72 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 New York).
- Leaves LGA
- 13:25
- Arrives MDW
- 14:50
- Flight time
- 2h 25m
- Days flown, last 8 weeks
- 32 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.
Horizontal: minutes late at arrival (0 to 3 hours). Vertical: share of flights later than that.
Its hour at LGA
All flights leaving New York (LGA) at 1–2 pm, wherever they’re going: 79% left within 15 minutes and 3.6% were cancelled (9,852 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.