Great-circle route CLT ↔ MDW. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
Frequencies below are per direction, from our most recent schedule sample. The two directions are not identical — that is normal on scheduled routes.
| Direction | Frequency | Days | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLT → MDW Charlotte to Chicago |
19/wk | Daily | Southwest Airlines |
| MDW → CLT Chicago to Charlotte |
18/wk | Daily | Southwest Airlines |
Where a direction shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
In 2025, airlines reported 181,285 passengers on 1,392 flights between CLT and MDW — about 497 a day — filling 79% of the 229,648 seats flown. Southwest Airlines Co. carried the most passengers (100%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
Southwest Airlines is the only airline flying the CLT–MDW nonstop.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 737, Boeing 737-800.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Charlotte Douglas International Airport and Chicago Midway International Airport is 584 miles, or 940 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 584 mi |
| Kilometres | 940 km |
| Nautical miles | 507 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. Southwest Airlines flies the route nonstop, with about 37 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 1h 46m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 584-mile distance, not a scheduled block time — an airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
About 19 a week from Charlotte to Chicago and 18 a week from Chicago to Charlotte, from our most recent schedule sample.
Southwest Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 181,285 passengers on 1,392 scheduled flights between CLT and MDW — about 497 a day — filling 79% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Boeing 737, Boeing 737-800. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
