Southwest Airlines City Fact Sheets


Chicago Midway, IL (MDW)
Starting Service:

March 17, 1985

Eight daily nonstop departures to St. Louis

21st city in Southwest system

Current Service:

Chicago Midway is Southwest’s busiest airport in terms of daily departures.

221 daily nonstop departures to 51 cities: Albany, Albuquerque, Austin, Baltimore/Washington, Birmingham, Boston Logan, Buffalo, Cleveland, Columbus, Denver, Detroit, Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood, Ft. Myers, Hartford/Springfield, Houston (Hobby), Indianapolis, Jackson, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Little Rock, Long Island/MacArthur, Los Angeles (LAX), Louisville, Manchester, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Nashville, New Orleans, New York (LaGuardia), Norfolk/Virginia Beach, Oakland, Omaha, Ontario, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, Providence, Raleigh-Durham, Reno/Tahoe, Sacramento, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Fracisco, San Jose, Seattle/Tacoma, Tampa Bay, Tucson, and Washington Dulles

Additional direct or connecting service to 16 cities
Gates: 29
Employees: Customer Service & Support: 220
Flight Attendant Base: 1,572
Ground Operations: 825
Maintenance: 242
People & Leadership Development: 8
Pilot Base: 969
Provisioning: 77

Total: 3,911

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