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Route Reliability

Chicago → BIL

ORDBIL · 1,060 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to BIL Airport

84
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
430
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%283 flights
  2. 2.United Airlines80%147 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

ORD–BIL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 76% between 6–9 PM.

Skip Saturday if you can.

ORD–BIL flights arrived on time 90% of the time on Tuesdays. On Saturdays: 76%.

Not much between American Airlines and United Airlines.

On this route they all land within 80% to 81% on time. Pick on schedule and price.

Trending in the right direction.

ORD–BIL flights arrived on time 88% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 76% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(60 flights)
  • Tue90%(60 flights)
  • Wed78%(60 flights)
  • Thu77%(62 flights)
  • Fri78%(60 flights)
  • Sat76%(62 flights)
  • Sun84%(62 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM90%(67 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM80%(238 flights)
  • 3–6 PM(4 flights)
  • 6–9 PM76%(113 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM(4 flights)
On-time trend by month
91%
May

Jun 76% → May 91% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202576%82
July 202566%92
August 202587%92
September 202585%88
October 202588%60
May 202691%11

Based on 430 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.