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Route Reliability

Missoula → Chicago

MSOORD · 1,332 miles · Missoula Montana Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport

70
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
546
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines74%394 flights
  2. 2.United Airlines73%152 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MSO–ORD flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 70% between 12–3 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

MSO–ORD flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Thursdays and just 62% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Not much between American Airlines and United Airlines.

On this route they all land within 73% to 74% on time. Pick on schedule and price.

Trending in the right direction.

MSO–ORD flights arrived on time 79% 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
  • Mon68%(75 flights)
  • Tue81%(74 flights)
  • Wed74%(74 flights)
  • Thu83%(77 flights)
  • Fri62%(79 flights)
  • Sat79%(75 flights)
  • Sun67%(78 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM90%(51 flights)
  • 6–9 AM83%(63 flights)
  • 12–3 PM70%(418 flights)
On-time trend by month
95%
May

Jun 83% → May 95% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202583%81
July 202561%88
August 202571%85
September 202578%71
October 202577%35
December 202543%14
January 202668%31
February 202671%28
March 202665%31
April 202679%28
May 202695%40

Based on 546 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.