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

John Glenn Columbus International ⇄ Chicago Midway International CMH–MDW

Airlines flew 2,452 flights between John Glenn Columbus International CMH in Columbus, OH and Chicago Midway International MDW in Chicago, IL in the twelve months to July 2026, both directions together: 274,097 passengers in 389,368 seats, 70% of them filled, and 570,514 pounds of freight. 283 miles, about 52 minutes in the air, on 5 airlines: Southwest Airlines Co. (2,446), JetBlue Airways (2), Delta Air Lines Inc. (2), Eastern Air Express, LLC (EAX) (1) and 1 more. Planning to fly it yourself? The weather and winds along this route right now.

2,452
flights, twelve months
CMH-MDW: 1,231 · MDW-CMH: 1,221
274,097
passengers
70% of seats filled
283
miles
about 52 minutes airborne
5
airlines
7 aircraft types

Flights by month both directions

0651301942591/254/257/2510/251/264/262357/26
By month, as a table
flights
1/25183
2/25163
3/25176
4/25180
5/25182
6/25249
7/25259
8/25241
9/25232
10/25238
11/25197
12/25212
1/26172
2/26166
3/26173
4/26178
5/26185
6/26223
7/26235

Passengers by month

07,46814,93622,40429,8721/254/257/2510/251/264/2626,9107/26
By month, as a table
passengers
1/2516,153
2/2514,989
3/2518,724
4/2519,319
5/2521,482
6/2528,585
7/2528,623
8/2529,777
9/2529,872
10/2526,284
11/2519,557
12/2520,742
1/2615,213
2/2615,824
3/2619,645
4/2620,209
5/2622,569
6/2627,495
7/2626,910

The airlines twelve months, both directions

AirlineFlightsPassengersSeats filledService
Southwest Airlines Co. WN2,446273,89070%scheduled passenger service
JetBlue Airways B6210133%charter passenger service
Delta Air Lines Inc. DL210644%charter passenger service
Eastern Air Express, LLC (EAX) 37Q100%charter passenger service
Global Crossing Airlines, Inc. GCA100%charter passenger service

The aircraft as the airlines report their types

AircraftFlightsSeats a flightPassengers
Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 71,120140120,120
Boeing B737 Max 80076017590,437
Boeing 737-80056617563,333
Boeing 757-2002120106
Airbus Industrie A320-100/200215651
Boeing 737-40011500
A220-300 BD-500-1A11114050

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

1,231 flights of 1,239 scheduled, 137,740 passengers in 195,411 seats, 255,017 pounds of freight. Southwest Airlines Co. 1,227; JetBlue Airways 2; Eastern Air Express, LLC (EAX) 1; Delta Air Lines Inc. 1.

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

1,221 flights of 1,235 scheduled, 136,357 passengers in 193,957 seats, 315,497 pounds of freight. Southwest Airlines Co. 1,219; Delta Air Lines Inc. 1; Global Crossing Airlines, 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: John Glenn Columbus International CMH and Chicago Midway International MDW; all routes.