Live flights over Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 682 departures and 663 arrivals at Chicago Midway International Airport, 673 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Atlanta (ATL), Detroit (DTW) and Minneapolis (MSP). 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
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 379 | 353 | 732 |
| Sat 24 | 303 | 310 | 613 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Atlanta ATL 35 flights
- Detroit DTW 29 flights
- Minneapolis MSP 29 flights
- Phoenix PHX 29 flights
- Orlando MCO 28 flights
- Kansas City MCI 26 flights
- Baltimore BWI 24 flights
- St Louis STL 24 flights
- Las Vegas LAS 23 flights
- Dallas DAL 22 flights
- New York LGA 22 flights
- Nashville BNA 21 flights
- Washington DCA 21 flights
- Columbus CMH 20 flights
- Philadelphia PHL 20 flights
- Boston BOS 19 flights
30 more connections
- Denver DEN 19
- Omaha OMA 17
- Tampa TPA 17
- Houston HOU 16
- Austin AUS 15
- Milwaukee MKE 15
- Hartford BDL 13
- Los Angeles LAX 13
- Pittsburgh PIT 13
- Raleigh/Durham RDU 13
- Cleveland CLE 12
- New Orleans MSY 12
- Louisville SDF 11
- Cincinnati / Covington CVG 10
- Grand Rapids GRR 10
- Indianapolis IND 10
- Providence/Warwick PVD 10
- Albany ALB 9
- Fort Lauderdale FLL 8
- San Diego SAN 8
- Fort Myers RSW 7
- Buffalo BUF 5
- Charlotte CLT 5
- Savoy CMI 5
- Des Moines DSM 5
- Manchester MHT 5
- Oakland OAK 5
- Norfolk ORF 5
- Rochester ROC 5
- Toronto YTZ 4
Airlines
- Southwest AirlinesSWA 856
- NetJetsEJA 61
- FlexjetLXJ 40
- Endeavor AirEDV 23
- Delta Air LinesDAL 18
- VolarisVOI 16
- Frontier AirlinesFFT 8
- flyExclusiveJRE 8
- Porter AirlinesPTR 8
- Executive Jet ManagementEJM 7
Aircraft
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 373
- Boeing 737-700 B737 267
- Boeing 737-800 B738 216
- Embraer Phenom 300 E55P 30
- C68A 28
- R44 25
- Airbus A320neo A20N 24
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk C172 21
- CRJ7 20
- CL35 19
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 (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were Southwest Airlines, NetJets, Flexjet, Endeavor Air and Delta Air Lines.
What are the main connections from Chicago Midway International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Atlanta (ATL, 35), Detroit (DTW, 29), Minneapolis (MSP, 29), Phoenix (PHX, 29) and Orlando (MCO, 28). 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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