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

Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International ⇄ Chicago Midway International FLL–MDW

Airlines flew 2,209 flights between Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International FLL in Fort Lauderdale, FL and Chicago Midway International MDW in Chicago, IL in the twelve months to July 2026, both directions together: 304,114 passengers in 370,994 seats, 82% of them filled, and 1,153,525 pounds of freight. 1,167 miles, about 163 minutes in the air, on 3 airlines: Southwest Airlines Co. (2,205), Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc. (2), CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle (2). Planning to fly it yourself? The weather and winds along this route right now.

2,209
flights, twelve months
FLL-MDW: 1,100 · MDW-FLL: 1,109
304,114
passengers
82% of seats filled
1,167
miles
about 163 minutes airborne
3
airlines
6 aircraft types

Flights by month both directions

0561121682241/254/257/2510/251/264/261817/26
By month, as a table
flights
1/25193
2/25175
3/25224
4/25200
5/25200
6/25187
7/25192
8/25165
9/25163
10/25182
11/25179
12/25194
1/26192
2/26185
3/26206
4/26190
5/26194
6/26178
7/26181

Passengers by month

07,16514,33021,49628,6611/254/257/2510/251/264/2627,9227/26
By month, as a table
passengers
1/2525,895
2/2523,277
3/2528,138
4/2525,800
5/2526,147
6/2526,561
7/2527,039
8/2523,656
9/2521,032
10/2524,746
11/2523,008
12/2525,510
1/2625,678
2/2623,926
3/2628,661
4/2624,292
5/2627,846
6/2627,837
7/2627,922

The airlines twelve months, both directions

AirlineFlightsPassengersSeats filledService
Southwest Airlines Co. WN2,205304,11382%scheduled passenger service
Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc. 27Q214%charter passenger service
CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle LF200%charter passenger service

The aircraft as the airlines report their types

AircraftFlightsSeats a flightPassengers
Boeing B737 Max 8001,129175159,330
Boeing 737-80064217592,585
Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 743414152,198
Gulfstream G6502141
Bombardier Challenger 604/605190
Embraer-135180

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

1,100 flights of 1,124 scheduled, 150,997 passengers in 185,071 seats, 834,176 pounds of freight. Southwest Airlines Co. 1,099; Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc. 1.

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

1,109 flights of 1,123 scheduled, 153,117 passengers in 185,923 seats, 319,349 pounds of freight. Southwest Airlines Co. 1,106; CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle 2; Jet Aviation Flight Services, 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: Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International FLL and Chicago Midway International MDW; all routes.