OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Kalispell to Chicago

1,352 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on FCA–ORD arrive on time 58% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate58%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay85 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.0%of scheduled flights

based on 392 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.

  • United Airlines
    On-time77%
    Medianon time
    p9025 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights122
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time73%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel3.2%
    Flights62
  • American Airlines
    On-time43%
    Median20 min
    p90135 min
    Cancel1.0%
    Flights208

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline35%
  • Weather9%
  • Air traffic (NAS)20%
  • Late aircraft36%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline25%
  • Weather75%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 4 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 FCA → ORD

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

Best time of day

Middays are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 73% on time.

  • Middays73% on time · p90 55 min · 874 flights
  • Afternoons47% on time · p90 105 min · 227 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 59% to 75% on time.

  • Tuesdays75% on time · p90 35 min · 145 flights · limited
  • Thursdays71% on time · p90 55 min · 170 flights · limited
  • Saturdays69% on time · p90 55 min · 216 flights
  • Wednesdays68% on time · p90 115 min · 145 flights · limited
  • Fridays67% on time · p90 70 min · 165 flights · limited
  • Mondays65% on time · p90 80 min · 163 flights · limited
  • Sundays59% on time · p90 90 min · 191 flights · limited

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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.