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Route Reliability

Miami → Chicago

MIAORD · 1,197 miles · Miami International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport

67
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
72%
Arrive within 15 minutes
14 min
Average arrival delay
1.8%
Cancelled
4,451
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines73%1,010 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines72%3,019 flights
  3. 3.Spirit Airlines66%376 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (46 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MIA–ORD flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 58% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MIA–ORD flights arrived on time 78% of the time on Tuesdays and just 62% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 73% of the time on this route; Spirit Airlines managed 66%.

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
  • Mon70%(612 flights)
  • Tue78%(597 flights)
  • Wed76%(589 flights)
  • Thu73%(628 flights)
  • Fri70%(641 flights)
  • Sat75%(626 flights)
  • Sun62%(633 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM77%(31 flights)
  • 6–9 AM88%(859 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(420 flights)
  • 12–3 PM76%(820 flights)
  • 3–6 PM58%(1188 flights)
  • 6–9 PM60%(645 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM75%(363 flights)
On-time trend by month
75%
May

Jun 70% → May 75% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202570%330
July 202559%326
August 202564%321
September 202572%312
October 202578%323
November 202579%336
December 202576%377
January 202673%398
February 202672%408
March 202665%464
April 202678%382
May 202675%349

Based on 4,451 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.