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ORD → SEA

Chicago O'Hare International Airport Seattle–Tacoma International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
67.5%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
1.4%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
70 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
5,542
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 42%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 28%
  • Air traffic control & airport 24%
  • 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 84.2% 509
October 2025 74.5% 496
November 2025 62.2% 391
December 2025 47.9% 384
January 2026 65.5% 301
February 2026 73.6% 301
March 2026 51.0% 357
April 2026 75.8% 465
May 2026 73.1% 562
June 2026 67.8% 582
July 2026 64.7% 608
August 2026 61.6% 586

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
Alaska Airlines 1,778 65.4% 1.8% 72 min
United Airlines 1,489 74.0% 0.6% 65 min
American Airlines 1,353 64.1% 1.6% 71 min
Delta Air Lines 922 66.0% 1.4% 71 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • DL2041

    27% late · 365 flights

  • AS407

    37% late · 358 flights

  • AS587

    34% late · 267 flights

  • AS329

    37% late · 255 flights

  • UA2211

    42% late · 253 flights

  • UA2099

    18% late · 217 flights

  • AA2398

    40% late · 205 flights

  • AS337

    51% late · 186 flights

  • UA1801

    29% late · 179 flights

  • DL1564

    35% late · 177 flights

  • AS715

    18% late · 137 flights

  • UA1620

    15% late · 106 flights

  • AA3105

    55% late · 105 flights

  • UA1660

    16% late · 103 flights

  • UA341

    14% late · 103 flights

  • DL637

    39% late · 100 flights

  • DL2299

    33% late · 89 flights

  • AA3221

    40% late · 87 flights

  • DL1418

    43% late · 87 flights

  • AS579

    24% late · 83 flights

  • UA2278

    26% late · 78 flights

  • AA1459

    53% late · 76 flights

  • AA2520

    30% late · 76 flights

  • AA2524

    43% late · 76 flights

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