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ORD → ATL

Chicago O'Hare International Airport Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
74.1%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
2.3%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
85 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
6,495
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 50%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 26%
  • Air traffic control & airport 20%
  • 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 87.3% 543
October 2025 78.2% 569
November 2025 77.7% 526
December 2025 65.0% 491
January 2026 73.3% 444
February 2026 82.7% 445
March 2026 63.5% 515
April 2026 73.6% 554
May 2026 76.4% 597
June 2026 76.9% 583
July 2026 69.5% 602
August 2026 65.4% 626

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
Delta Air Lines 2,629 79.8% 2.4% 87 min
United Airlines 1,717 74.5% 1.3% 71 min
American Airlines 754 59.5% 2.5% 96 min
Frontier Airlines 719 67.5% 3.5% 101 min
Envoy Air 365 77.6% 2.2% 66 min
Republic Airways 254 69.7% 4.3% 67 min
SkyWest Airlines 40 61.5% 2.5% 95 min
NK 16 87.5% 0.0% 144 min
OH 1 100.0% 0.0% —

Delay odds by flight

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

  • DL1247

    12% late · 365 flights

  • DL1264

    9% late · 365 flights

  • UA356

    27% late · 358 flights

  • DL1147

    21% late · 350 flights

  • DL1178

    15% late · 344 flights

  • F91596

    28% late · 339 flights

  • UA1398

    44% late · 292 flights

  • DL1477

    28% late · 291 flights

  • DL2738

    35% late · 237 flights

  • F91442

    41% late · 165 flights

  • UA1848

    19% late · 164 flights

  • DL2879

    35% late · 144 flights

  • F92198

    35% late · 136 flights

  • AA2779

    48% late · 120 flights

  • UA2684

    16% late · 102 flights

  • DL1456

    14% late · 100 flights

  • UA2249

    10% late · 95 flights

  • YX4703

    33% late · 95 flights

  • DL2894

    30% late · 92 flights

  • UA530

    20% late · 91 flights

  • AA2910

    34% late · 89 flights

  • MQ4118

    31% late · 89 flights

  • UA1975

    8% late · 85 flights

  • F93398

    33% late · 79 flights

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