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MEM → ORD

Frederick W. Smith International Airport Chicago O'Hare International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
74.8%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
3.8%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
86 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
2,529
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 38%
  • Air traffic control & airport 30%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 26%
  • Extreme weather 6%
  • 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 85.0% 187
October 2025 83.0% 201
November 2025 70.2% 204
December 2025 71.4% 202
January 2026 64.5% 185
February 2026 82.6% 185
March 2026 76.8% 196
April 2026 75.9% 239
May 2026 81.2% 204
June 2026 69.6% 241
July 2026 73.9% 244
August 2026 65.7% 241

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 866 70.6% 3.0% 93 min
Envoy Air 798 76.2% 3.4% 83 min
Republic Airways 524 74.9% 5.5% 67 min
United Airlines 338 83.0% 4.1% 102 min
American Airlines 3 33.3% 0.0% 60 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • OO5672

    18% late · 355 flights

  • OO5780

    32% late · 279 flights

  • UA247

    15% late · 176 flights

  • MQ3926

    34% late · 110 flights

  • YX4373

    27% late · 106 flights

  • UA1126

    17% late · 104 flights

  • MQ3946

    36% late · 83 flights

  • OO5336

    67% late · 82 flights

  • MQ3758

    13% late · 80 flights

  • MQ3683

    13% late · 71 flights

  • YX4457

    45% late · 71 flights

  • MQ3675

    36% late · 62 flights

  • YX4467

    10% late · 44 flights

  • MQ3959

    26% late · 42 flights

  • YX4406

    21% late · 42 flights

  • MQ4279

    7% late · 41 flights

  • MQ3747

    22% late · 39 flights

  • OO5589

    45% late · 37 flights

  • YX4435

    34% late · 36 flights

  • MQ4063

    46% late · 34 flights

  • MQ3706

    12% late · 33 flights

  • YX4651

    22% late · 32 flights

  • MQ3580

    13% late · 30 flights

  • MQ3679

    17% late · 30 flights

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