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MDW vs SAV - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
MDW

Chicago, IL

Chicago, Illinois

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Airport B
SAV

Savannah, GA

Savannah, Georgia

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric MDW SAV
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 78.4% 80.9%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 59.1 min 76.9 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 21.6% 19.1%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.46% 1.33%
Total Flights 880,912 204,730
Delayed Flights 190,033 39,182
Cancelled Flights 12,896 2,718
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

MDW - Chicago, IL

Late Aircraft 41.8%
Carrier 38.5%
NAS 16.2%
Weather 3.3%
Security 0.2%

SAV - Savannah, GA

Late Aircraft 40.8%
Carrier 33.7%
NAS 19.4%
Weather 5.8%
Security 0.2%

Top Routes

Top routes from MDW

Route Flights On-Time
ATL → MDW
Chicago
19,666 81.1%
MDW → ATL
Atlanta
19,604 82.3%
MDW → DEN
Denver
17,682 79.2%
DEN → MDW
Chicago
17,568 76.2%
MCO → MDW
Chicago
17,024 77.2%
MDW → LAS
Las Vegas
16,984 77.2%

Top routes from SAV

Route Flights On-Time
ATL → SAV
Savannah
16,260 85%
SAV → ATL
Atlanta
16,257 88.9%
CLT → SAV
Savannah
14,861 80.2%
SAV → CLT
Charlotte
14,854 86.1%
JFK → SAV
Savannah
7,452 80.4%
SAV → JFK
New York
7,451 80.4%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.