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Route Reliability

Milwaukee → Chicago

MKEORD · 67 miles · Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
68%
Arrive within 15 minutes
25 min
Average arrival delay
4.1%
Cancelled
5,166
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines69%2,991 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines65%2,174 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (1 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MKE–ORD flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 53% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MKE–ORD flights arrived on time 72% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 62%.

United Airlines has a slight edge here.

United Airlines arrived on time 69% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 65%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 4.1% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

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
  • Mon68%(713 flights)
  • Tue72%(694 flights)
  • Wed70%(696 flights)
  • Thu68%(705 flights)
  • Fri65%(712 flights)
  • Sat70%(698 flights)
  • Sun62%(732 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM85%(628 flights)
  • 6–9 AM72%(1532 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM70%(774 flights)
  • 12–3 PM63%(894 flights)
  • 3–6 PM53%(838 flights)
  • 6–9 PM54%(282 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM(2 flights)
On-time trend by month
73%
May

Jun 64% → May 73% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202564%378
July 202558%380
August 202565%381
September 202576%390
October 202563%463
November 202575%417
December 202561%390
January 202668%360
February 202676%405
March 202666%404
April 202665%471
May 202673%511

Based on 5,166 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.