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Route Reliability

Chicago → Bozeman

ORDBZN · 1,185 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport

70
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
69%
Arrive within 15 minutes
16 min
Average arrival delay
0.7%
Cancelled
1,240
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines72%739 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines66%501 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

ORD–BZN flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 77% of the time, versus 53% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

ORD–BZN flights arrived on time 77% of the time on Wednesdays and just 62% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

United Airlines has a slight edge here.

United Airlines arrived on time 72% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 66%.

Trending in the right direction.

ORD–BZN flights arrived on time 70% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 62% 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
  • Mon71%(184 flights)
  • Tue71%(146 flights)
  • Wed77%(146 flights)
  • Thu73%(186 flights)
  • Fri62%(188 flights)
  • Sat70%(188 flights)
  • Sun63%(188 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM77%(111 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM74%(674 flights)
  • 12–3 PM68%(120 flights)
  • 3–6 PM68%(102 flights)
  • 6–9 PM53%(219 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 78% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202578%134
July 202559%140
August 202573%139
September 202581%132
October 202568%114
November 202590%30
December 202558%83
January 202660%102
February 202669%96
March 202654%114
April 202675%47
May 202681%95

Based on 1,240 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.