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Main Checkpoint(MDW) 10 min. 14 min 5 min. 15 min 5 min. 9 min 7 min. 15 min 6 min. 13 min 5 min. 8 min
Note: Estimates based on historical averages as reported via Transportation Security Administration.
The TSA urges all travelers to arrive at the airport well in advance of scheduled flight departures and has provided security checkpoint wait time information as a guide to assist in travel planning. Please be sure to check with your airline for ticket counter wait times as well as possible changes to flight schedules, as these and other factors influence your decision regarding how early to arrive at the airport.

Please be aware that each airline has a recommended arrival time and even stricter required arrival times. All airlines require that you arrive at the check-in counter, the flight's departure gate and even onboard and in your assigned seat a prescribed amount of time before the flight's scheduled departure time. The amount of the advance arrival time required varies depending on the airline you are using. Most airlines' conditions of carriage state that with many of their tickets, failure to arrive at the check-in counter, the flight's departure gate and your assigned seat a prescribed amount of time before the flight's scheduled departure time may cause you to be denied boarding and cause you to forfeit any refund or other compensation due for the unused ticket even if you have advance seat assignments and advance boarding passes.

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  • security wait times taking longer

     

    now that Midway has put in Disneyland lines, I have gone thru security 3 times - too many agents at the dais and too few xray lines open - over an hour first time - 3rd time was 25 minutes. MUCH longer than it used to be - why are fewer xray lines open now?

     

  • SW FLY BY

     

    CHI MDW has the absolute worst security and check in system in the universe. FLY BY for SW is a joke, long line ends up with one person looking a boarding pass and with the number of people is the longest line. What a bad way for SW to showcase FLY BY in a hub like CHI where check in process is already at it's worst. They have moved the lines around to best see how it works but until they figure out how to give frequent flyers the priority it will always be the worst in America. Too bad for SW flyers. Sad for MDW.

     

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