OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Chicago to Springfield

174 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on ORD–SPI arrive on time 73% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate73%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay55 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.3%of scheduled flights

based on 583 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.

  • Envoy Air
    On-time75%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel3.1%
    Flights553
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time43%
    Median15 min
    p90235 min
    Cancel6.7%
    Flights30

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline21%
  • Weather12%
  • Air traffic (NAS)17%
  • Late aircraft51%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather53%
  • Air traffic (NAS)47%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 19 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 → SPI

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 — 88% on time.

  • Middays88% on time · p90 15 min · 260 flights
  • Overnights65% on time · p90 75 min · 225 flights
  • Afternoons58% on time · p90 110 min · 188 flights · limited

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 68% to 80% on time.

  • Wednesdays80% on time · p90 45 min · 109 flights · limited
  • Tuesdays76% on time · p90 45 min · 107 flights · limited
  • Fridays74% on time · p90 55 min · 121 flights · limited
  • Sundays74% on time · p90 70 min · 121 flights · limited
  • Mondays73% on time · p90 100 min · 120 flights · limited
  • Thursdays68% on time · p90 80 min · 117 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.