Great-circle route PHX ↔ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHX → MDW Phoenix to Chicago |
50/wk | Daily | Southwest Airlines |
| MDW → PHX Chicago to Phoenix |
42/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 779,470 passengers on 5,614 flights between PHX and MDW — about 2,137 a day — filling 82% of the 950,022 seats flown. Southwest Airlines Co. carried the most passengers (94%).
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 PHX–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 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and Chicago Midway International Airport is 1,441 miles, or 2,319 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 1,441 mi |
| Kilometres | 2,319 km |
| Nautical miles | 1,252 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 92 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 3h 24m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 1,441-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 50 a week from Phoenix to Chicago and 42 a week from Chicago to Phoenix, from our most recent schedule sample.
Southwest Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 779,470 passengers on 5,614 scheduled flights between PHX and MDW — about 2,137 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.
