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Route Reliability

DLH → Chicago

DLHORD · 397 miles · DLH Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
70%
Arrive within 15 minutes
27 min
Average arrival delay
3.7%
Cancelled
1,230
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 70% of the time across 1,230 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DLH–ORD flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 51% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

DLH–ORD flights arrived on time 76% of the time on Tuesdays. On Fridays: 66%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.7% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Ticking up lately.

DLH–ORD flights arrived on time 67% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 62% 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
  • Mon68%(175 flights)
  • Tue76%(163 flights)
  • Wed67%(167 flights)
  • Thu70%(174 flights)
  • Fri66%(175 flights)
  • Sat73%(157 flights)
  • Sun70%(171 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM89%(27 flights)
  • 6–9 AM80%(372 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM71%(350 flights)
  • 12–3 PM61%(36 flights)
  • 3–6 PM61%(308 flights)
  • 6–9 PM51%(89 flights)
On-time trend by month
74%
May

Jun 71% → May 74% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202571%109
July 202565%110
August 202568%103
September 202578%116
October 202584%115
November 202573%82
December 202557%58
January 202654%61
February 202675%71
March 202661%98
April 202666%125
May 202674%134

Based on 1,230 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.