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Route Reliability

MGW → Chicago

MGW–ORD · 449 miles · MGW Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport

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WanderNerd Reliability Score
72%
Arrive within 15 minutes
35 min
Average arrival delay
5.8%
Cancelled
347
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 72% of the time across 347 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 9 AM–12 PM departure wins.

MGW–ORD flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 76% of the time, versus 66% between 6–9 AM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

MGW–ORD flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Tuesdays and just 65% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 5.8% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

MGW–ORD flights arrived on time 71% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 61% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon67%(48 flights)
  • Tue81%(42 flights)
  • Wed72%(50 flights)
  • Thu79%(48 flights)
  • Fri65%(49 flights)
  • Sat71%(41 flights)
  • Sun71%(48 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM66%(84 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM76%(177 flights)
  • 3–6 PM71%(65 flights)
On-time trend by month
63%
May

Jun 90% → May 63% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202590%30
July 202584%31
August 202577%31
September 202577%30
October 202565%31
November 202564%28
December 202556%25
January 202654%24
February 202674%27
March 202683%29
April 202667%21
May 202663%19

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Based on 347 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.