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Flights from Chicago (MDW)

Airlines flew 77,142 departures out of Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) carrying 9,468,297 passengers over the 12 months through April 2026. Here's what actually flew — the busiest routes, the carriers, and the aircraft — from US DOT T-100 filings.

What flies from Chicago

US DOT T-100 · filed data

What airlines actually flew out of Chicago — departures, seats, and passengers filed with the US DOT (T-100) over the trailing 12 months, not a schedule.

Departures

77,142

April 2026

Seats flown

12,382,420

Passengers

9,468,297

Load factor

76.5%

passengers ÷ seats

Busiest routes from Chicago

Where flights from Chicago go most, by departures over the trailing 12 months.

  • MDWATL

    3,527 departures · 409,191 passengers

    77.0%

    Load

  • MDWPHX

    2,792 departures · 397,627 passengers

    83.9%

    Load

  • MDWMCO

    2,756 departures · 384,269 passengers

    82.3%

    Load

  • MDWMSP

    2,663 departures · 263,845 passengers

    77.3%

    Load

  • MDWLAS

    2,429 departures · 351,285 passengers

    85.2%

    Load

  • MDWDEN

    2,427 departures · 336,441 passengers

    81.4%

    Load

  • MDWLGA

    2,263 departures · 310,891 passengers

    83.1%

    Load

  • MDWDAL

    2,157 departures · 279,189 passengers

    78.3%

    Load

  • MDWDTW

    2,096 departures · 165,097 passengers

    67.8%

    Load

  • MDWMCI

    2,079 departures · 240,858 passengers

    72.1%

    Load

  • MDWDCA

    2,051 departures · 206,647 passengers

    64.4%

    Load

  • MDWBNA

    1,895 departures · 217,783 passengers

    70.8%

    Load

  • MDWBWI

    1,853 departures · 223,042 passengers

    72.8%

    Load

  • MDWHOU

    1,836 departures · 253,644 passengers

    83.2%

    Load

  • MDWSTL

    1,720 departures · 169,766 passengers

    61.5%

    Load

Airlines at Chicago

Ranked by seats flown — the capacity each carrier actually operated out of Chicago.

Aircraft flown from Chicago

Aircraft types by share of departures — what actually operated, not what's based here.

Monthly departures from Chicago

Monthly departures from Chicago, trailing 12 months through April 2026. Bars scale to the busiest month.

  • May 2025

    6,391 departures · 798,236 passengers

    78.3%

    Load

  • June 2025

    7,665 departures · 981,354 passengers

    79.3%

    Load

  • July 2025

    7,799 departures · 999,003 passengers

    79.3%

    Load

  • August 2025

    6,979 departures · 917,067 passengers

    81.6%

    Load

  • September 2025

    6,711 departures · 859,963 passengers

    79.5%

    Load

  • October 2025

    6,810 departures · 880,947 passengers

    80.5%

    Load

  • November 2025

    5,648 departures · 663,838 passengers

    72.7%

    Load

  • December 2025

    6,075 departures · 731,990 passengers

    74.5%

    Load

  • January 2026

    5,072 departures · 524,628 passengers

    64.7%

    Load

  • February 2026

    4,766 departures · 524,583 passengers

    69.5%

    Load

  • March 2026

    6,676 departures · 825,028 passengers

    77.7%

    Load

  • April 2026

    6,550 departures · 761,660 passengers

    73.2%

    Load

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through April 2026. The DOT publishes roughly three months in arrears.