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BUF → ORD

Buffalo Niagara International Airport Chicago O'Hare International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
74.4%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
3.1%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
104 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
2,205
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 34%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 31%
  • Air traffic control & airport 30%
  • Extreme weather 5%
  • Security 0%

Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).

On-time arrivals by month
Sep 2025 Aug 2026
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MonthOn timeFlights
September 2025 76.4% 179
October 2025 76.8% 181
November 2025 74.9% 189
December 2025 64.6% 166
January 2026 64.5% 164
February 2026 70.6% 127
March 2026 67.6% 182
April 2026 77.8% 185
May 2026 80.0% 216
June 2026 83.1% 209
July 2026 79.2% 217
August 2026 70.2% 190

Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data, September 2025 – August 2026. Covers flights operated by reporting U.S. carriers. About our data

Airlines on this route

AirlineFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg. delay when late
United Airlines 588 74.7% 1.2% 90 min
American Airlines 478 82.2% 2.7% 131 min
Republic Airways 427 78.0% 3.0% 97 min
SkyWest Airlines 390 62.4% 6.4% 129 min
Envoy Air 322 71.4% 3.1% 69 min

Delay odds by flight

How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.

  • AA1195

    19% late · 164 flights

  • UA543

    16% late · 161 flights

  • UA2747

    42% late · 100 flights

  • AA2112

    18% late · 75 flights

  • YX4413

    5% late · 75 flights

  • MQ3410

    19% late · 74 flights

  • OO4913

    42% late · 73 flights

  • MQ3342

    33% late · 51 flights

  • YX4349

    42% late · 50 flights

  • UA705

    13% late · 47 flights

  • AA2182

    14% late · 44 flights

  • AA2359

    25% late · 44 flights

  • AA2957

    33% late · 44 flights

  • YX4423

    19% late · 44 flights

  • AA3001

    5% late · 43 flights

  • OO5820

    11% late · 39 flights

  • UA228

    28% late · 37 flights

  • MQ3703

    20% late · 36 flights

  • OO5379

    55% late · 36 flights

  • YX4595

    14% late · 36 flights

  • MQ4183

    28% late · 35 flights

  • OO4690

    17% late · 35 flights

  • OO5322

    16% late · 35 flights

  • AA1414

    9% late · 33 flights

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