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Route Reliability

LSE → Chicago

LSEORD · 215 miles · LSE Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport

73
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
4.2%
Cancelled
1,049
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 82% of the time across 1,049 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

LSE–ORD flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 71% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

LSE–ORD flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Tuesdays. On Fridays: 78%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 4.2% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Ticking up lately.

LSE–ORD flights arrived on time 86% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 80% 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
  • Mon83%(146 flights)
  • Tue87%(143 flights)
  • Wed81%(140 flights)
  • Thu84%(148 flights)
  • Fri78%(148 flights)
  • Sat80%(132 flights)
  • Sun81%(147 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM93%(96 flights)
  • 6–9 AM91%(251 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM82%(339 flights)
  • 12–3 PM(7 flights)
  • 3–6 PM72%(119 flights)
  • 6–9 PM71%(192 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 82% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202582%90
July 202572%89
August 202580%81
September 202582%83
October 202584%88
November 202586%78
December 202572%83
January 202685%80
February 202683%80
March 202683%78
April 202684%82
May 202690%92

Based on 1,049 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.