OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Burlington to Chicago

763 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on BTV–ORD arrive on time 63% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate63%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay90 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.7%of scheduled flights

based on 1,148 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • United Airlinesbest
    On-time67%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel0.9%
    Flights683
  • Envoy Air
    On-time65%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights52
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time56%
    Median5 min
    p90140 min
    Cancel3.1%
    Flights413

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline37%
  • Weather15%
  • Air traffic (NAS)32%
  • Late aircraft15%
  • Security1%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline11%
  • Weather84%
  • Air traffic (NAS)5%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 19 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly BTV → ORD

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 50% to 82% on time.

  • Middays82% on time · p90 35 min · 272 flights
  • Mornings82% on time · p90 30 min · 1,504 flights
  • Afternoons68% on time · p90 60 min · 898 flights
  • Evenings50% on time · p90 105 min · 494 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 69% to 79% on time.

  • Tuesdays79% on time · p90 40 min · 430 flights
  • Wednesdays75% on time · p90 50 min · 432 flights
  • Mondays74% on time · p90 40 min · 458 flights
  • Saturdays72% on time · p90 60 min · 457 flights
  • Fridays72% on time · p90 50 min · 467 flights
  • Thursdays71% on time · p90 50 min · 462 flights
  • Sundays69% on time · p90 70 min · 462 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.