Great-circle route MDW ↔ LGA. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MDW → LGA Chicago to New York |
51/wk | Daily | Southwest Airlines |
| LGA → MDW New York to Chicago |
— | — | 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 620,164 passengers on 4,570 flights between MDW and LGA — about 1,700 a day — filling 82% of the 756,262 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–LGA 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 La Guardia Airport is 723 miles, or 1,164 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 723 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,164 km |
| Nautical miles | 628 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 51 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 2h 02m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 723-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.
Southwest Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 620,164 passengers on 4,570 scheduled flights between MDW and LGA — about 1,700 a day — filling 82% 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.
