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Route Reliability

Chicago → AVL

ORDAVL · 536 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to AVL Airport

72
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
75%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
2.5%
Cancelled
1,699
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines81%657 flights
  2. 2.United Airlines71%1,042 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

ORD–AVL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 82% of the time, versus 67% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

ORD–AVL flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 71%.

American Airlines runs this route best.

American Airlines arrived on time 81% of the time on this route; United Airlines managed 71%.

Trending in the right direction.

ORD–AVL flights arrived on time 75% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 66% 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%(238 flights)
  • Tue80%(222 flights)
  • Wed77%(235 flights)
  • Thu72%(244 flights)
  • Fri73%(242 flights)
  • Sat78%(226 flights)
  • Sun71%(249 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM82%(573 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM80%(64 flights)
  • 12–3 PM74%(412 flights)
  • 3–6 PM67%(330 flights)
  • 6–9 PM69%(276 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
79%
May

Jun 73% → May 79% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202573%138
July 202574%140
August 202574%144
September 202583%142
October 202585%149
November 202575%139
December 202560%126
January 202665%83
February 202672%101
March 202666%125
April 202680%191
May 202679%178

Based on 1,699 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.