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

Chicago Midway International ⇄ Laguardia MDW–LGA

Airlines flew 4,535 flights between Chicago Midway International MDW in Chicago, IL and Laguardia LGA in New York, NY in the twelve months to July 2026, both directions together: 606,974 passengers in 746,834 seats, 81% of them filled, and 2,292,992 pounds of freight. 725 miles, about 96 minutes in the air, on 5 airlines: Southwest Airlines Co. (4,529), Delta Air Lines Inc. (3), Pontair Ltd. (1), Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc. (1) and 1 more. Planning to fly it yourself? The weather and winds along this route right now.

4,535
flights, twelve months
MDW-LGA: 2,270 · LGA-MDW: 2,265
606,974
passengers
81% of seats filled
725
miles
about 96 minutes airborne
5
airlines
7 aircraft types

Flights by month both directions

01012023024031/254/257/2510/251/264/263737/26
By month, as a table
flights
1/25390
2/25358
3/25380
4/25379
5/25384
6/25379
7/25372
8/25403
9/25391
10/25396
11/25357
12/25386
1/26378
2/26340
3/26347
4/26385
5/26389
6/26390
7/26373

Passengers by month

014,88429,76844,65259,5361/254/257/2510/251/264/2657,2547/26
By month, as a table
passengers
1/2540,553
2/2535,161
3/2550,673
4/2554,916
5/2559,390
6/2554,925
7/2554,107
8/2559,536
9/2552,809
10/2555,551
11/2547,731
12/2555,077
1/2638,718
2/2634,203
3/2643,752
4/2647,808
5/2656,009
6/2658,526
7/2657,254

The airlines twelve months, both directions

AirlineFlightsPassengersSeats filledService
Southwest Airlines Co. WN4,529606,70581%scheduled passenger service
Delta Air Lines Inc. DL319389%charter passenger service
Pontair Ltd. PTQ1562%charter passenger service
Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc. 27Q1321%charter passenger service
United Air Lines Inc. UA16838%charter passenger service

The aircraft as the airlines report their types

AircraftFlightsSeats a flightPassengers
Boeing B737 Max 8001,788175253,401
Boeing 737-8001,421175201,907
Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 71,320140151,397
Boeing 757-200372193
Gulfstream G450185
Gulfstream G6501143
Boeing B737 Max 900117968

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

2,270 flights of 2,385 scheduled, 311,297 passengers in 376,522 seats, 1,244,329 pounds of freight. Southwest Airlines Co. 2,268; Delta Air Lines Inc. 1; Pontair Ltd. 1.

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

2,265 flights of 2,385 scheduled, 295,677 passengers in 370,312 seats, 1,048,663 pounds of freight. Southwest Airlines Co. 2,261; Delta Air Lines Inc. 2; Jet Aviation Flight Services, 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: Chicago Midway International MDW and Laguardia LGA; all routes.