OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Chicago to Traverse City

224 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on ORD–TVC arrive on time 62% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate62%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay95 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled4.6%of scheduled flights

based on 2,319 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Envoy Air
    On-time89%
    Medianon time
    p9010 min
    Cancel2.6%
    Flights38
  • Republic Airwaysbest
    On-time69%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel4.2%
    Flights409
  • PSA Airlines
    On-time61%
    Medianon time
    p90120 min
    Cancel9.1%
    Flights340
  • United Airlines
    On-time60%
    Median5 min
    p9085 min
    Cancel2.3%
    Flights435
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time59%
    Medianon time
    p90110 min
    Cancel4.4%
    Flights1,097

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline38%
  • Weather18%
  • Air traffic (NAS)11%
  • Late aircraft33%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline4%
  • Weather84%
  • Air traffic (NAS)12%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 107 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 → TVC

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 — 77% on time.

  • Mornings77% on time · p90 45 min · 822 flights
  • Middays73% on time · p90 55 min · 1,377 flights
  • Afternoons65% on time · p90 80 min · 1,114 flights
  • Overnights62% on time · p90 75 min · 1,406 flights
  • Evenings60% on time · p90 100 min · 814 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 62% to 71% on time.

  • Saturdays71% on time · p90 60 min · 813 flights
  • Tuesdays70% on time · p90 60 min · 726 flights
  • Wednesdays68% on time · p90 70 min · 735 flights
  • Thursdays68% on time · p90 70 min · 805 flights
  • Fridays66% on time · p90 70 min · 812 flights
  • Mondays66% on time · p90 75 min · 818 flights
  • Sundays62% on time · p90 95 min · 824 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.