OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Chattanooga to Chicago

500 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on CHA–ORD arrive on time 65% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate65%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay75 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled5.0%of scheduled flights

based on 700 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • Envoy Air
    On-time72%
    Medianon time
    p9065 min
    Cancel2.8%
    Flights107
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time64%
    Medianon time
    p9090 min
    Cancel6.3%
    Flights397
  • Republic Airways
    On-time63%
    Median5 min
    p9065 min
    Cancel3.6%
    Flights196

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline29%
  • Weather7%
  • Air traffic (NAS)28%
  • Late aircraft37%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather80%
  • Air traffic (NAS)20%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 35 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 CHA → ORD

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

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 82% on time.

  • Mornings82% on time · p90 30 min · 1,028 flights
  • Middays77% on time · p90 65 min · 777 flights
  • Evenings60% on time · p90 70 min · 955 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 68% to 77% on time.

  • Saturdays77% on time · p90 45 min · 341 flights
  • Wednesdays75% on time · p90 65 min · 429 flights
  • Tuesdays75% on time · p90 55 min · 408 flights
  • Thursdays73% on time · p90 50 min · 415 flights
  • Fridays72% on time · p90 60 min · 418 flights
  • Sundays71% on time · p90 70 min · 385 flights
  • Mondays68% on time · p90 55 min · 417 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.