Great-circle route MIA ↔ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIA → MDW Miami to Chicago |
7/wk | Daily | Southwest Airlines |
| MDW → MIA Chicago to Miami |
7/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 153,073 passengers on 1,119 flights between MIA and MDW — about 420 a day — filling 81% of the 189,993 seats flown. Southwest Airlines Co. carried the most passengers (81%).
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 MIA–MDW nonstop.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Miami International Airport and Chicago Midway International Airport is 1,184 miles, or 1,905 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 1,184 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,905 km |
| Nautical miles | 1,029 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 14 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 2h 55m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 1,184-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 7 a week from Miami to Chicago and 7 a week from Chicago to Miami, from our most recent schedule sample.
Southwest Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 153,073 passengers on 1,119 scheduled flights between MIA and MDW — about 420 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 737-800, Boeing 737. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
