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Route Reliability

Chicago → CAE

ORD–CAE · 666 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to CAE Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
67%
Arrive within 15 minutes
20 min
Average arrival delay
2.5%
Cancelled
1,028
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • United Airlines66% on time · 1,006 flights
  • American Airlines91% on time · 22 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

ORD–CAE flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 82% of the time, versus 47% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

ORD–CAE flights arrived on time 73% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 60%.

Trending in the right direction.

ORD–CAE flights arrived on time 68% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 60% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon66%(142 flights)
  • Tue71%(140 flights)
  • Wed67%(140 flights)
  • Thu66%(146 flights)
  • Fri65%(150 flights)
  • Sat73%(130 flights)
  • Sun60%(150 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM82%(119 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM67%(227 flights)
  • 12–3 PM71%(287 flights)
  • 3–6 PM47%(76 flights)
  • 6–9 PM62%(270 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM53%(19 flights)
On-time trend by month
69%
May

Jun 62% → May 69% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202562%60
July 202543%60
August 202575%60
September 202580%83
October 202574%113
November 202571%83
December 202556%77
January 202663%73
February 202662%61
March 202667%82
April 202668%112
May 202669%134

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Based on 1,028 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.