OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Joplin to Chicago

484 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on JLN–ORD arrive on time 76% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate76%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay130 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.9%of scheduled flights

based on 337 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p90130 min
    Cancel3.9%
    Flights337

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline40%
  • Weather14%
  • Air traffic (NAS)31%
  • Late aircraft16%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline8%
  • Weather92%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 13 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 JLN → ORD

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

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 75% to 82% on time.

  • Fridays82% on time · p90 105 min · 104 flights · limited
  • Tuesdays81% on time · p90 25 min · 104 flights · limited
  • Mondays80% on time · p90 115 min · 104 flights · limited
  • Wednesdays79% on time · p90 40 min · 104 flights · limited
  • Thursdays79% on time · p90 90 min · 104 flights · limited
  • Saturdays78% on time · p90 165 min · 104 flights · limited
  • Sundays75% on time · p90 80 min · 105 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.