Live flights over Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 1,916 departures and 1,963 arrivals at Chicago Midway International Airport, 554 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Atlanta (ATL), Minneapolis (MSP) and Detroit (DTW). The airline seen most often is Southwest Airlines.
Airport data
- IATA code
- MDW
- ICAO code
- KMDW
- City
- Chicago
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 189 m (620 ft)
- Coordinates
- 41.786, -87.7524
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Chicago Midway International Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Chicago.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 211 | 202 | 413 |
| Mon 2 | 282 | 304 | 586 |
| Tue 3 | 283 | 282 | 565 |
| Wed 4 | 276 | 273 | 549 |
| Thu 5 | 272 | 268 | 540 |
| Fri 6 | 317 | 324 | 641 |
| Sat 7 | 275 | 310 | 585 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Atlanta ATL 119 flights
- Minneapolis MSP 100 flights
- Detroit DTW 85 flights
- New York LGA 84 flights
- Nashville BNA 79 flights
- St Louis STL 78 flights
- Kansas City MCI 75 flights
- Washington DCA 74 flights
- Orlando MCO 73 flights
- Las Vegas LAS 68 flights
- Dallas DAL 67 flights
- Baltimore BWI 65 flights
- Phoenix PHX 62 flights
- Houston HOU 61 flights
- Denver DEN 56 flights
- Columbus CMH 53 flights
29 more connections
- Philadelphia PHL 51
- Tampa TPA 51
- Omaha OMA 46
- Teterboro TEB 46
- Grand Rapids GRR 44
- Boston BOS 43
- Pittsburgh PIT 43
- Raleigh/Durham RDU 43
- Louisville SDF 43
- Cleveland CLE 41
- Fort Lauderdale FLL 40
- Buffalo BUF 39
- Milwaukee MKE 38
- New Orleans MSY 38
- Austin AUS 37
- Indianapolis IND 35
- San Diego SAN 32
- Los Angeles LAX 30
- Des Moines DSM 27
- Fort Myers RSW 25
- Hartford BDL 16
- Albany ALB 15
- Cincinnati / Covington CVG 15
- Memphis MEM 15
- Rochester ROC 15
- Charlotte CLT 14
- Salt Lake City SLC 14
- Oakland OAK 13
- San Antonio SAT 13
Airlines
- Southwest AirlinesSWA 2,502
- NetJetsEJA 212
- FlexjetLXJ 104
- Endeavor AirEDV 82
- VolarisVOI 59
- Delta Air LinesDAL 44
- Frontier AirlinesFFT 40
- Executive Jet ManagementEJM 19
- Northern Jet ManagementNJM 15
- Columbia AirCOL 14
Aircraft
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 1,057
- Boeing 737-700 B737 789
- Boeing 737-800 B738 656
- Airbus A320neo A20N 95
- CRJ7 80
- R44 77
- C68A 72
- CL35 70
- Embraer Phenom 300 E55P 54
- C56X 47
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Chicago Midway International Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/41.786/lon/-87.7524/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Chicago right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Chicago Midway International Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Chicago: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of MDW, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Chicago Midway International Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were Southwest Airlines, NetJets, Flexjet, Endeavor Air and Volaris.
What are the main connections from Chicago Midway International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Atlanta (ATL, 119), Minneapolis (MSP, 100), Detroit (DTW, 85), New York (LGA, 84) and Nashville (BNA, 79). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Chicago? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Chicago Midway International Airport? +
Chicago Midway International Airport has IATA code MDW and ICAO code KMDW. It lies in Illinois, United States, at coordinates 41.786, -87.7524.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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