Route
ORD → DSM
Chicago O'Hare International Airport Des Moines International Airport
How punctual is this route?
- On-time arrivals
- 70.8%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 3.6%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 80 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 3,399
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Late-arriving aircraft 44%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 27%
- Air traffic control & airport 18%
- Extreme weather 11%
- Security 0%
Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).
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| Month | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 81.4% | 264 |
| October 2025 | 74.0% | 297 |
| November 2025 | 78.9% | 270 |
| December 2025 | 60.5% | 273 |
| January 2026 | 62.9% | 198 |
| February 2026 | 74.0% | 229 |
| March 2026 | 61.4% | 304 |
| April 2026 | 75.6% | 369 |
| May 2026 | 77.4% | 346 |
| June 2026 | 69.8% | 268 |
| July 2026 | 67.4% | 302 |
| August 2026 | 62.0% | 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
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg. delay when late |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 1,082 | 65.5% | 5.4% | 80 min |
| United Airlines | 1,019 | 72.8% | 1.6% | 80 min |
| Republic Airways | 612 | 76.4% | 4.2% | 78 min |
| Envoy Air | 485 | 72.5% | 3.1% | 66 min |
| American Airlines | 200 | 67.0% | 4.5% | 107 min |
| OH | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 176 min |
Delay odds by flight
How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.
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UA1830
20% late · 205 flights
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OO5544
48% late · 133 flights
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UA213
31% late · 129 flights
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UA1139
18% late · 82 flights
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UA1839
44% late · 79 flights
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MQ4102
32% late · 76 flights
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OO4969
22% late · 76 flights
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OO4973
43% late · 76 flights
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YX4676
11% late · 76 flights
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YX4442
29% late · 71 flights
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OO6292
41% late · 67 flights
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OO6364
23% late · 60 flights
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UA1803
9% late · 47 flights
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MQ3469
40% late · 46 flights
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OO5230
47% late · 46 flights
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YX3604
18% late · 45 flights
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AA1577
29% late · 44 flights
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MQ4114
11% late · 44 flights
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MQ4121
21% late · 44 flights
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MQ4203
14% late · 44 flights
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OO5012
24% late · 44 flights
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YX4417
9% late · 44 flights
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YX4711
29% late · 43 flights
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AA349
21% late · 40 flights
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