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Route Reliability

Chicago → CHO

ORDCHO · 566 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to CHO Airport

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WanderNerd Reliability Score
66%
Arrive within 15 minutes
25 min
Average arrival delay
4.1%
Cancelled
1,170
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 66% of the time across 1,170 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

ORD–CHO flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 75% of the time, versus 50% between 3–6 PM.

Thursday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 67% on time on Thursdays against 62% on Wednesdays.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 4.1% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Ticking up lately.

ORD–CHO flights arrived on time 63% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 58% 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
  • Mon67%(161 flights)
  • Tue67%(158 flights)
  • Wed62%(156 flights)
  • Thu67%(165 flights)
  • Fri67%(163 flights)
  • Sat65%(143 flights)
  • Sun67%(164 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM75%(215 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM66%(156 flights)
  • 12–3 PM69%(335 flights)
  • 3–6 PM50%(135 flights)
  • 6–9 PM64%(202 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM58%(67 flights)
On-time trend by month
73%
May

Jun 72% → May 73% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%74
July 202548%61
August 202579%66
September 202567%86
October 202586%99
November 202574%109
December 202553%101
January 202664%77
February 202659%76
March 202651%107
April 202664%137
May 202673%117

Based on 1,170 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.