Route Reliability
JLN → Chicago
JLN–ORD · 484 miles · JLN Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- 80%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 26 min
- Average arrival delay
- 3.6%
- Cancelled
- 365
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 80% of the time across 365 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Mornings have a slight edge.
Departures between 6–9 AM arrived on time 80% of the time, against 76% between 9 AM–12 PM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
JLN–ORD flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Fridays and just 72% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
Keep a backup plan handy.
This route was cancelled 3.6% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.
Slipping a little lately.
JLN–ORD flights arrived on time 77% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 80% in the three months before that.
Flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon76%(49 flights)
- Tue82%(50 flights)
- Wed77%(52 flights)
- Thu83%(52 flights)
- Fri88%(50 flights)
- Sat81%(48 flights)
- Sun72%(50 flights)
- 6–9 AM80%(330 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM76%(21 flights)
Jun 72% → May 77% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 72% | 29 |
| July 2025 | 83% | 29 |
| August 2025 | 87% | 30 |
| September 2025 | 79% | 29 |
| October 2025 | 84% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 82% | 28 |
| December 2025 | 79% | 28 |
| January 2026 | 83% | 29 |
| February 2026 | 79% | 28 |
| March 2026 | 72% | 29 |
| April 2026 | 80% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 77% | 31 |
Keep nerding
Based on 365 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.