OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Chicago to Huntsville

510 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

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

On-time rate63%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay100 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.4%of scheduled flights

based on 1,162 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time63%
    Medianon time
    p90100 min
    Cancel3.4%
    Flights1,162

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline42%
  • Weather21%
  • Air traffic (NAS)16%
  • Late aircraft21%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline3%
  • Weather92%
  • Air traffic (NAS)5%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 39 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 ORD → HSV

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 — 75% on time.

  • Mornings75% on time · p90 50 min · 285 flights
  • Middays69% on time · p90 85 min · 997 flights
  • Afternoons67% on time · p90 50 min · 141 flights · limited
  • Evenings60% on time · p90 95 min · 903 flights
  • Overnights58% on time · p90 110 min · 460 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 59% to 70% on time.

  • Wednesdays70% on time · p90 75 min · 381 flights
  • Tuesdays68% on time · p90 75 min · 372 flights
  • Thursdays67% on time · p90 85 min · 407 flights
  • Mondays66% on time · p90 95 min · 412 flights
  • Saturdays64% on time · p90 85 min · 380 flights
  • Fridays62% on time · p90 90 min · 415 flights
  • Sundays59% on time · p90 105 min · 419 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.