Great-circle route MDW ↔ HOU. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MDW → HOU Chicago to Houston |
46/wk | Daily | Southwest Airlines |
| HOU → MDW Houston to Chicago |
44/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 501,839 passengers on 3,623 flights between MDW and HOU — about 1,376 a day — filling 83% of the 602,409 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 MDW–HOU 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 Chicago Midway International Airport and William P Hobby Airport is 938 miles, or 1,510 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 938 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,510 km |
| Nautical miles | 815 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 90 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 2h 27m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 938-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 46 a week from Chicago to Houston and 44 a week from Houston to Chicago, from our most recent schedule sample.
Southwest Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 501,839 passengers on 3,623 scheduled flights between MDW and HOU — about 1,376 a day — filling 83% 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.
