Great-circle route FLL ↔ 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.
| Direction | Frequency | Days | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLL → MDW Fort Lauderdale to Chicago |
21/wk | Daily | Southwest Airlines |
| MDW → FLL Chicago to Fort Lauderdale |
21/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 300,745 passengers on 2,249 flights between FLL and MDW — about 824 a day — filling 81% of the 370,599 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 FLL–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 Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport and Chicago Midway International Airport is 1,169 miles, or 1,881 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 1,169 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,881 km |
| Nautical miles | 1,016 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 42 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 2h 53m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 1,169-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 21 a week from Fort Lauderdale to Chicago and 21 a week from Chicago to Fort Lauderdale, from our most recent schedule sample.
Southwest Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 300,745 passengers on 2,249 scheduled flights between FLL and MDW — about 824 a day — filling 81% 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.
