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Route Reliability

Chicago → Austin

ORDAUS · 977 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Austin–Bergstrom International Airport

72
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
2.0%
Cancelled
3,172
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines79%1,438 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines70%1,373 flights
  3. 3.Southwest Airlines64%234 flights
  4. 4.Frontier Airlines64%127 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

ORD–AUS flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 43% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

ORD–AUS flights arrived on time 77% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 67%.

United Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

United Airlines arrived on time 79% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 64%.

Slipping a little lately.

ORD–AUS flights arrived on time 70% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 75% 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
  • Mon75%(489 flights)
  • Tue74%(413 flights)
  • Wed73%(416 flights)
  • Thu76%(467 flights)
  • Fri72%(476 flights)
  • Sat77%(371 flights)
  • Sun67%(473 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM(2 flights)
  • 6–9 AM87%(653 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM75%(579 flights)
  • 12–3 PM73%(779 flights)
  • 3–6 PM63%(270 flights)
  • 6–9 PM69%(725 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM43%(97 flights)
On-time trend by month
73%
May

Jun 75% → May 73% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202575%269
July 202559%258
August 202576%259
September 202580%257
October 202577%298
November 202577%245
December 202569%236
January 202671%196
February 202686%213
March 202668%292
April 202671%284
May 202673%298

Based on 3,172 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.