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Route Reliability

MQT → Chicago

MQTORD · 303 miles · MQT Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
25 min
Average arrival delay
4.3%
Cancelled
743
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 73% of the time across 743 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MQT–ORD flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 62% between 3–6 PM.

Thursday is the weak spot.

MQT–ORD flights arrived on time 77% of the time on Wednesdays. On Thursdays: 69%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 4.3% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

MQT–ORD flights arrived on time 76% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 63% 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
  • Mon72%(102 flights)
  • Tue74%(91 flights)
  • Wed77%(103 flights)
  • Thu69%(105 flights)
  • Fri72%(104 flights)
  • Sat72%(101 flights)
  • Sun73%(104 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM74%(352 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(29 flights)
  • 12–3 PM77%(116 flights)
  • 3–6 PM62%(87 flights)
  • 6–9 PM70%(126 flights)
On-time trend by month
88%
May

Jun 80% → May 88% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202580%60
July 202567%61
August 202581%83
September 202584%62
October 202554%61
November 202573%55
December 202558%52
January 202666%35
February 202666%44
March 202664%52
April 202676%71
May 202688%74

Based on 743 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.