Route Reliability
FAT → Chicago
FAT–ORD · 1,730 miles · FAT Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- 75%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 12 min
- Average arrival delay
- 3.1%
- Cancelled
- 194
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 75% of the time across 194 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Morning-you made the right choice.
FAT–ORD flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 77% of the time, versus 56% between 9 PM–12 AM.
Thursdays have been rough.
FAT–ORD flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Fridays and just 67% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.
Keep a backup plan handy.
This route was cancelled 3.1% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.
Flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon74%(27 flights)
- Tue80%(25 flights)
- Wed72%(25 flights)
- Thu67%(27 flights)
- Fri83%(29 flights)
- Sat69%(26 flights)
- Sun79%(28 flights)
- 6–9 AM77%(171 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM56%(16 flights)
Jun 86% → May 87% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 86% | 29 |
| July 2025 | 74% | 27 |
| August 2025 | 68% | 28 |
| September 2025 | 67% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 76% | 25 |
| December 2025 | 46% | 11 |
| May 2026 | 87% | 31 |
Keep nerding
Based on 194 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.