Route Reliability
Fairbanks → Chicago
FAI–ORD · 2,785 miles · Fairbanks International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
90
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 85%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 8 min early
- Average arrival delay
- 0.7%
- Cancelled
- 148
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 85% of the time across 148 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Friday is doing you no favors.
FAI–ORD flights arrived on time 95% of the time on Tuesdays and just 67% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.
Flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon90%(20 flights)
- Tue95%(21 flights)
- Wed86%(21 flights)
- Thu86%(21 flights)
- Fri67%(21 flights)
- Sat81%(21 flights)
- Sun91%(22 flights)
74%
May
Jun 87% → May 74% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 87% | 30 |
| July 2025 | 84% | 31 |
| August 2025 | 93% | 30 |
| September 2025 | 88% | 24 |
| May 2026 | 74% | 31 |
Keep nerding
Based on 148 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.