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Route Reliability

CAE → Chicago

CAE–ORD · 666 miles · CAE Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
19 min
Average arrival delay
3.0%
Cancelled
1,027
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • United Airlines74% on time · 1,006 flights
  • American Airlines81% on time · 21 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

CAE–ORD flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 62% between 3–6 PM.

Skip Monday if you can.

CAE–ORD flights arrived on time 79% of the time on Saturdays. On Mondays: 68%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.0% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon68%(142 flights)
  • Tue78%(134 flights)
  • Wed75%(140 flights)
  • Thu73%(144 flights)
  • Fri75%(149 flights)
  • Sat79%(132 flights)
  • Sun71%(145 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM86%(195 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(287 flights)
  • 12–3 PM66%(132 flights)
  • 3–6 PM62%(368 flights)
  • 6–9 PM—(4 flights)
On-time trend by month
74%
May

Jun 76% → May 74% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202576%59
July 202558%60
August 202576%58
September 202586%83
October 202580%114
November 202579%81
December 202570%76
January 202665%74
February 202685%60
March 202674%81
April 202666%110
May 202674%130

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Based on 1,027 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.