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Routes and flights · the DOT's airline reports, August 2025 to July 2026

Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall ⇄ Chicago Midway International BWI–MDW

Airlines flew 3,621 flights between Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall BWI in Baltimore, MD and Chicago Midway International MDW in Chicago, IL in the twelve months to July 2026, both directions together: 442,364 passengers in 591,605 seats, 75% of them filled, and 913,582 pounds of freight. 611 miles, about 97 minutes in the air, on 6 airlines: Southwest Airlines Co. (3,475), Frontier Airlines Inc. (140), Global Crossing Airlines, Inc. (2), Delta Air Lines Inc. (2) and 2 more. Planning to fly it yourself? The weather and winds along this route right now.

3,621
flights, twelve months
BWI-MDW: 1,802 · MDW-BWI: 1,819
442,364
passengers
75% of seats filled
611
miles
about 97 minutes airborne
6
airlines
8 aircraft types

Flights by month both directions

0921852783701/254/257/2510/251/264/263587/26
By month, as a table
flights
1/25274
2/25235
3/25276
4/25314
5/25346
6/25360
7/25365
8/25366
9/25362
10/25370
11/25292
12/25278
1/26242
2/26226
3/26241
4/26265
5/26280
6/26341
7/26358

Passengers by month

012,23524,47036,70448,9391/254/257/2510/251/264/2647,7027/26
By month, as a table
passengers
1/2525,512
2/2523,083
3/2533,221
4/2539,854
5/2546,576
6/2547,907
7/2548,112
8/2548,939
9/2543,977
10/2546,475
11/2534,507
12/2532,682
1/2622,809
2/2622,478
3/2628,416
4/2631,612
5/2636,372
6/2646,395
7/2647,702

The airlines twelve months, both directions

AirlineFlightsPassengersSeats filledService
Southwest Airlines Co. WN3,475422,13475%scheduled passenger service
Frontier Airlines Inc. F914020,01477%scheduled passenger service
Global Crossing Airlines, Inc. GCA200%charter passenger service
Delta Air Lines Inc. DL214152%charter passenger service
Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc. 27Q1319%charter passenger service
United Air Lines Inc. UA17240%charter passenger service

The aircraft as the airlines report their types

AircraftFlightsSeats a flightPassengers
Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 71,225140133,294
Boeing B737 Max 8001,213175157,896
Boeing 737-8001,037175130,944
Airbus Industrie A320-200n13818619,769
Airbus Industrie A320-100/2004144245
Boeing 757-2002136141
Embraer Legacy 6001163
Boeing B737 Max 900117972

BWI → MDW this direction alone · flown January 2025 to July 2026

1,802 flights of 1,838 scheduled, 221,813 passengers in 291,610 seats, 512,167 pounds of freight, 75 pounds of mail. Southwest Airlines Co. 1,730; Frontier Airlines Inc. 70; Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc. 1; Global Crossing Airlines, Inc. 1.

MDW → BWI this direction alone · flown January 2025 to July 2026

1,819 flights of 1,856 scheduled, 220,551 passengers in 299,995 seats, 401,415 pounds of freight. Southwest Airlines Co. 1,745; Frontier Airlines Inc. 70; Delta Air Lines Inc. 2; Global Crossing Airlines, Inc. 1; United Air Lines Inc. 1.

Source: the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 Segment table (all carriers). A flight is one departure performed on this segment; seats and passengers are the airlines' own monthly reports; "seats filled" is passengers divided by seats. The miles are the DOT's great-circle distance. Both ends: Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall BWI and Chicago Midway International MDW; all routes.