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Route Reliability

Colorado Springs → Chicago

COSORD · 911 miles · Colorado Springs Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport

71
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
21 min
Average arrival delay
1.2%
Cancelled
997
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.United Airlines83%636 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines63%361 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

COS–ORD flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 70% between 12–3 PM.

Skip Monday if you can.

COS–ORD flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Saturdays. On Mondays: 71%.

United Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

United Airlines arrived on time 83% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 63%.

Ticking up lately.

COS–ORD flights arrived on time 75% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 70% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon71%(140 flights)
  • Tue78%(140 flights)
  • Wed74%(139 flights)
  • Thu80%(139 flights)
  • Fri73%(139 flights)
  • Sat83%(137 flights)
  • Sun73%(143 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM89%(218 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(187 flights)
  • 12–3 PM70%(572 flights)
On-time trend by month
86%
May

Jun 80% → May 86% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202580%86
July 202568%90
August 202579%89
September 202581%88
October 202581%93
November 202579%85
December 202572%90
January 202666%65
February 202671%56
March 202661%59
April 202677%84
May 202686%92

Based on 997 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.