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Route Reliability

Chicago → Cleveland

ORD–CLE · 316 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
71%
Arrive within 15 minutes
18 min
Average arrival delay
2.8%
Cancelled
4,959
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines74%2,731 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines66%2,228 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

ORD–CLE flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 83% of the time, versus 59% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Monday is the weak spot.

ORD–CLE flights arrived on time 76% of the time on Tuesdays. On Mondays: 66%.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 74% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 66%.

Ticking up lately.

ORD–CLE flights arrived on time 73% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 68% 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

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The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon66%(726 flights)
  • Tue76%(653 flights)
  • Wed74%(661 flights)
  • Thu72%(722 flights)
  • Fri68%(716 flights)
  • Sat71%(595 flights)
  • Sun67%(739 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM—(2 flights)
  • 6–9 AM83%(742 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(661 flights)
  • 12–3 PM76%(1102 flights)
  • 3–6 PM65%(825 flights)
  • 6–9 PM60%(907 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM59%(573 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 66% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202566%418
July 202561%412
August 202572%403
September 202578%402
October 202576%440
November 202569%373
December 202561%344
January 202667%313
February 202676%343
March 202668%437
April 202673%468
May 202677%459

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Based on 4,959 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.