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SEA → ORD

Seattle–Tacoma International Airport Chicago O'Hare International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
76.7%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
1.2%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
83 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
5,538
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Air traffic control & airport 36%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 36%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 26%
  • Extreme weather 3%
  • 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 79.7% 509
October 2025 81.1% 496
November 2025 74.7% 390
December 2025 70.1% 382
January 2026 73.3% 301
February 2026 92.3% 300
March 2026 79.8% 357
April 2026 79.7% 465
May 2026 81.3% 562
June 2026 72.5% 582
July 2026 70.6% 608
August 2026 71.0% 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 1,775 73.8% 1.1% 64 min
United Airlines 1,488 81.6% 0.8% 94 min
American Airlines 1,353 75.6% 1.6% 106 min
Delta Air Lines 922 75.7% 1.3% 78 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • DL2108

    27% late · 363 flights

  • UA747

    12% late · 363 flights

  • AS410

    29% late · 352 flights

  • AS538

    17% late · 350 flights

  • DL2055

    17% late · 303 flights

  • AS265

    23% late · 291 flights

  • UA2618

    9% late · 283 flights

  • AS328

    17% late · 232 flights

  • AS429

    44% late · 227 flights

  • AA2398

    30% late · 222 flights

  • DL637

    31% late · 138 flights

  • UA2101

    33% late · 117 flights

  • AA2922

    5% late · 111 flights

  • UA2835

    26% late · 103 flights

  • AA885

    16% late · 97 flights

  • DL2299

    33% late · 82 flights

  • UA1503

    18% late · 81 flights

  • AA2520

    54% late · 76 flights

  • AA2524

    41% late · 76 flights

  • AA2881

    7% late · 76 flights

  • AA2523

    25% late · 74 flights

  • AS578

    17% late · 70 flights

  • UA2651

    26% late · 70 flights

  • AA2442

    24% late · 58 flights

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