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DSM → ORD

Des Moines International Airport Chicago O'Hare International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
73.6%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
4.1%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
102 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
3,396
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 32%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 29%
  • Air traffic control & airport 28%
  • Extreme weather 11%
  • 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 81.8% 265
October 2025 70.1% 296
November 2025 79.8% 271
December 2025 60.9% 270
January 2026 71.6% 197
February 2026 77.5% 229
March 2026 68.3% 303
April 2026 76.1% 370
May 2026 80.6% 346
June 2026 72.9% 268
July 2026 74.1% 302
August 2026 67.9% 279

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
SkyWest Airlines 1,080 66.8% 6.3% 119 min
United Airlines 1,019 74.3% 1.7% 88 min
Republic Airways 611 78.9% 4.4% 95 min
Envoy Air 484 74.9% 3.1% 79 min
American Airlines 201 87.4% 5.5% 140 min
OH 1 0.0% 0.0% 184 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • UA1363

    21% late · 209 flights

  • UA312

    31% late · 144 flights

  • OO5219

    42% late · 133 flights

  • UA1568

    35% late · 105 flights

  • UA1410

    31% late · 103 flights

  • UA1856

    11% late · 82 flights

  • MQ4102

    33% late · 76 flights

  • OO4969

    12% late · 76 flights

  • OO4973

    45% late · 76 flights

  • YX4676

    19% late · 76 flights

  • UA2668

    16% late · 74 flights

  • OO6050

    50% late · 70 flights

  • YX4519

    10% late · 70 flights

  • OO6364

    19% late · 59 flights

  • UA2306

    24% late · 55 flights

  • MQ4136

    17% late · 47 flights

  • YX3505

    26% late · 45 flights

  • AA1536

    7% late · 44 flights

  • MQ4114

    16% late · 44 flights

  • MQ4121

    30% late · 44 flights

  • MQ4203

    17% late · 44 flights

  • OO4931

    31% late · 44 flights

  • YX4417

    9% late · 44 flights

  • YX4711

    45% late · 43 flights

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