Historical on-time performance
Chicago to Wichita
588 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on ORD–ICT arrive on time 65% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate65%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay85 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.8%of scheduled flights
based on 1,954 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.
- Envoy AirOn-time69%Medianon timep9065 minCancel3.0%Flights332
- SkyWest AirlinesOn-time67%Medianon timep9085 minCancel1.7%Flights1,317
- United AirlinesOn-time54%Median10 minp90105 minCancel0.7%Flights305
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline40%
- Weather14%
- Air traffic (NAS)13%
- Late aircraft33%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly ORD → ICT
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 79% on time.
- Mornings79% on time · p90 35 min · 1,411 flights
- Middays74% on time · p90 60 min · 966 flights
- Evenings66% on time · p90 70 min · 693 flights
- Afternoons64% on time · p90 80 min · 695 flights
- Overnights61% on time · p90 85 min · 1,225 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 66% to 73% on time.
- Wednesdays73% on time · p90 50 min · 705 flights
- Saturdays73% on time · p90 50 min · 619 flights
- Tuesdays73% on time · p90 55 min · 691 flights
- Mondays69% on time · p90 75 min · 752 flights
- Sundays67% on time · p90 65 min · 740 flights
- Fridays66% on time · p90 65 min · 742 flights
- Thursdays66% on time · p90 65 min · 741 flights
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