Route Reliability
Chicago → Austin
ORD–AUS · 977 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Austin–Bergstrom International Airport
- 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.United Airlines79%1,438 flights
- 2.American Airlines70%1,373 flights
- 3.Southwest Airlines64%234 flights
- 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
- Mon75%(489 flights)
- Tue74%(413 flights)
- Wed73%(416 flights)
- Thu76%(467 flights)
- Fri72%(476 flights)
- Sat77%(371 flights)
- Sun67%(473 flights)
- 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)
Jun 75% → May 73% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 75% | 269 |
| July 2025 | 59% | 258 |
| August 2025 | 76% | 259 |
| September 2025 | 80% | 257 |
| October 2025 | 77% | 298 |
| November 2025 | 77% | 245 |
| December 2025 | 69% | 236 |
| January 2026 | 71% | 196 |
| February 2026 | 86% | 213 |
| March 2026 | 68% | 292 |
| April 2026 | 71% | 284 |
| May 2026 | 73% | 298 |
Same trip, other airports
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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.