OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Dayton to Chicago

240 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on DAY–ORD arrive on time 68% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate68%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay90 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled4.5%of scheduled flights

based on 1,600 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Republic Airways
    On-time84%
    Medianon time
    p9010 min
    Cancel8.9%
    Flights45
  • United Airlines
    On-time82%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel1.6%
    Flights61
  • Envoy Airbest
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel3.1%
    Flights228
  • PSA Airlines
    On-time68%
    Medianon time
    p90105 min
    Cancel4.2%
    Flights810
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time61%
    Medianon time
    p90110 min
    Cancel5.7%
    Flights456

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline25%
  • Weather6%
  • Air traffic (NAS)24%
  • Late aircraft45%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline4%
  • Weather72%
  • Air traffic (NAS)24%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 72 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 DAY → 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 — 83% on time.

  • Mornings83% on time · p90 25 min · 1,600 flights
  • Afternoons74% on time · p90 80 min · 621 flights
  • Middays73% on time · p90 75 min · 1,052 flights
  • Evenings61% on time · p90 90 min · 1,075 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 71% to 77% on time.

  • Tuesdays77% on time · p90 55 min · 625 flights
  • Saturdays76% on time · p90 50 min · 599 flights
  • Thursdays75% on time · p90 60 min · 612 flights
  • Fridays74% on time · p90 55 min · 633 flights
  • Mondays73% on time · p90 65 min · 636 flights
  • Wednesdays73% on time · p90 75 min · 632 flights
  • Sundays71% on time · p90 80 min · 640 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.