Route
LAX → ORD
Los Angeles International Airport Chicago O'Hare International Airport
How punctual is this route?
- On-time arrivals
- 76.4%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 1.4%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 88 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 7,119
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Late-arriving aircraft 42%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 29%
- Air traffic control & airport 28%
- Extreme weather 1%
- Security 0%
Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).
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| Month | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 81.8% | 614 |
| October 2025 | 80.8% | 564 |
| November 2025 | 71.3% | 584 |
| December 2025 | 73.5% | 569 |
| January 2026 | 77.3% | 463 |
| February 2026 | 83.4% | 453 |
| March 2026 | 69.4% | 549 |
| April 2026 | 78.8% | 552 |
| May 2026 | 77.7% | 601 |
| June 2026 | 73.6% | 659 |
| July 2026 | 75.6% | 749 |
| August 2026 | 74.9% | 762 |
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
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg. delay when late |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | 3,414 | 79.9% | 0.7% | 75 min |
| American Airlines | 3,091 | 73.9% | 1.8% | 96 min |
| Frontier Airlines | 244 | 62.3% | 4.9% | 138 min |
| Delta Air Lines | 238 | 70.0% | 0.0% | 69 min |
| NK | 132 | 78.9% | 6.1% | 110 min |
Delay odds by flight
How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.
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UA1946
15% late · 364 flights
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UA2487
35% late · 364 flights
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UA2113
22% late · 349 flights
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UA212
14% late · 308 flights
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UA1941
12% late · 292 flights
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F92446
38% late · 228 flights
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UA1069
38% late · 208 flights
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AA383
9% late · 207 flights
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AA1979
34% late · 195 flights
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AA1598
14% late · 182 flights
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UA1962
11% late · 156 flights
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UA457
36% late · 156 flights
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UA353
12% late · 155 flights
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AA1021
12% late · 154 flights
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AA1009
20% late · 130 flights
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UA1754
18% late · 118 flights
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UA729
17% late · 103 flights
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UA1843
14% late · 100 flights
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AA2998
27% late · 99 flights
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UA580
9% late · 95 flights
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AA1178
24% late · 90 flights
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DL1634
38% late · 85 flights
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DL967
22% late · 85 flights
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AA1050
42% late · 76 flights
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