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ORD → BUF

Chicago O'Hare International Airport Buffalo Niagara International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
70.4%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
3.2%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
83 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
2,204
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 50%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 26%
  • Air traffic control & airport 17%
  • Extreme weather 8%
  • 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 78.1% 179
October 2025 76.1% 181
November 2025 74.0% 189
December 2025 66.9% 165
January 2026 71.0% 164
February 2026 71.8% 127
March 2026 62.6% 182
April 2026 68.7% 185
May 2026 71.8% 217
June 2026 71.4% 209
July 2026 65.7% 217
August 2026 66.8% 189

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 75.7% 1.0% 83 min
American Airlines 478 59.1% 2.7% 92 min
Republic Airways 428 74.4% 4.7% 75 min
SkyWest Airlines 390 64.3% 5.6% 84 min
Envoy Air 320 79.4% 2.8% 66 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • UA1335

    33% late · 182 flights

  • AA564

    45% late · 137 flights

  • UA2226

    22% late · 119 flights

  • MQ3344

    16% late · 80 flights

  • AA403

    65% late · 76 flights

  • MQ3382

    25% late · 75 flights

  • YX4413

    5% late · 75 flights

  • OO4913

    35% late · 73 flights

  • MQ3342

    16% late · 52 flights

  • YX4349

    28% late · 50 flights

  • UA2753

    17% late · 47 flights

  • AA1073

    47% late · 45 flights

  • AA2182

    16% late · 44 flights

  • AA2957

    23% late · 44 flights

  • AA3225

    52% late · 44 flights

  • YX4423

    14% late · 44 flights

  • OO5763

    47% late · 40 flights

  • UA1946

    36% late · 37 flights

  • YX4402

    40% late · 37 flights

  • OO5427

    27% late · 36 flights

  • MQ3691

    27% late · 35 flights

  • OO5690

    20% late · 35 flights

  • OO5941

    32% late · 35 flights

  • AA1414

    12% late · 33 flights

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