Is there a nonstop flight from Chicago (MDW) to Burbank (BUR)?

Yes. Southwest operates a nonstop MDW–BUR service year-round.

How often do flights leave MDW for BUR?

About daily — 7 departures a week in August 2026, compared with 4.5 a week in February 2026.

How much does a nonstop MDW to BUR flight cost?

Half of tickets sold on this route were between $175 and $325 one way, with a median of $225. Based on 433 ticket records in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025.

Nonstop route

Chicago to Burbank nonstop

Yes: Southwest flies direct from Chicago (MDW) to Burbank (BUR) about 7 times a week, year-round.

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daily7 flights a week

Year-roundflown 12 of the last 12 months

$175–$325typical one-way · median $225 · US DOT Q2 2025

1,740miles · about 4 hr 10 min

Route detail

Chicago to Burbank in numbers

Measured from US DOT filings, not estimated from distance.

Distance and flight time: 1,740 miles nonstop, about 4 hr 10 min gate to gate. Flight time is an estimate from the great-circle distance; the filings carry distance, not scheduled elapsed time.
Seasonality: Flew every month of the last year: busiest in September 2025 (7 flights a week), quietest in January 2026 (2 flights a week).
Sep 2025: 7 flights a week
Oct 2025: 7 flights a week
Nov 2025: 7 flights a week
Dec 2025: 7 flights a week
Jan 2026: 2 flights a week
Feb 2026: 5 flights a week
Mar 2026: 5 flights a week
Apr 2026: 7 flights a week
May 2026: 7 flights a week
Jun 2026: 7 flights a week
Jul 2026: 7 flights a week
Aug 2026: 7 flights a week
Flights a week by month, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, from US DOT on-time filings.
Who operates the flights: Southwest is the only carrier filing this pair.
Fares: Half of the 433 tickets in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025 sold between $175 and $325 one way, median $225. The survey runs a couple of quarters behind, so read it as the shape of the route's pricing rather than today's quote.
Jul to Sep (Q3 2024): median $225 one way, middle half $175 to $300, 659 tickets
Oct to Dec (Q4 2024): median $225 one way, middle half $175 to $350, 485 tickets
Jan to Mar (Q1 2025): median $225 one way, middle half $175 to $300, 254 tickets
Apr to Jun (Q2 2025): median $225 one way, middle half $175 to $325, 433 tickets
Fares held steady through the year: a median of $225 one way in every quarter of the DOT ticket survey (Q3 2024 to Q2 2025). Bars show the middle half of one-way fares; the mark is the median.

Flying the other way? Burbank to Chicago nonstop.

Also nonstop from Chicago (MDW)

Busiest other routes out of the same airport

Atlanta (ATL) about 10 times a day
Denver (DEN) about 7 times a day
Dallas (DAL) about 7 times a day
New York (LGA) about 6 times a day
Kansas City (MCI) about 6 times a day
Phoenix (PHX) about 6 times a day
Washington (DCA) about 6 times a day
Las Vegas (LAS) about 6 times a day

All 84 nonstop destinations from MDW

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