OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Chicago to Joplin

484 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

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

On-time rate63%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay85 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.6%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-time63%
    Medianon time
    p9085 min
    Cancel3.6%
    Flights337

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline51%
  • Weather3%
  • Air traffic (NAS)16%
  • Late aircraft30%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather92%
  • Air traffic (NAS)8%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 12 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 → JLN

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 66% to 73% on time.

  • Thursdays73% on time · p90 65 min · 104 flights · limited
  • Mondays71% on time · p90 65 min · 104 flights · limited
  • Tuesdays70% on time · p90 65 min · 104 flights · limited
  • Sundays70% on time · p90 65 min · 105 flights · limited
  • Fridays69% on time · p90 85 min · 104 flights · limited
  • Wednesdays67% on time · p90 95 min · 104 flights · limited
  • Saturdays66% on time · p90 60 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.