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Route Reliability

FAR → Chicago

FAR–ORD · 557 miles · FAR Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
72%
Arrive within 15 minutes
23 min
Average arrival delay
2.4%
Cancelled
2,459
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines74%1,100 flights
  2. 2.United Airlines69%1,359 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

FAR–ORD flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 77% of the time, versus 62% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

FAR–ORD flights arrived on time 77% of the time on Saturdays. On Fridays: 68%.

American Airlines has a slight edge here.

American Airlines arrived on time 74% of the time on this route; United Airlines managed 69%.

Trending in the right direction.

FAR–ORD flights arrived on time 73% 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%(364 flights)
  • Tue75%(319 flights)
  • Wed73%(323 flights)
  • Thu71%(353 flights)
  • Fri68%(364 flights)
  • Sat77%(302 flights)
  • Sun70%(365 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM77%(93 flights)
  • 6–9 AM77%(649 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM70%(335 flights)
  • 12–3 PM73%(788 flights)
  • 3–6 PM63%(299 flights)
  • 6–9 PM62%(226 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 73% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202573%198
July 202563%197
August 202576%191
September 202584%196
October 202581%209
November 202574%190
December 202558%187
January 202661%168
February 202667%173
March 202670%194
April 202667%260
May 202680%227

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Based on 2,459 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.