Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records
WN 596 · St Louis (STL) → Chicago (MDW)
Sold by Southwest. Still flying: 24 of the last 56 days (Mon, Thu, Fri).
Arrives on time52%within 15 minutes, of 26 flights
Cancelled3.8%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late20%of flights that operated
When late, on average73 minlate, among flights 15+ min late
Schedule
Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport.
- Leaves STL
- 18:30
- Arrives MDW
- 19:35
- Flight time
- 1h 05m
- Days flown, last 8 weeks
- 24 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 STL
All flights leaving St Louis (STL) at 6–7 pm, wherever they’re going: 66% left within 15 minutes and 1.5% were cancelled (4,242 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.