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Route Reliability

Chicago → CWA

ORD–CWA · 213 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to CWA Airport

68
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
75%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
3.2%
Cancelled
1,000
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 75% of the time across 1,000 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

ORD–CWA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 83% of the time, versus 72% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Skip Thursday if you can.

ORD–CWA flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Tuesdays. On Thursdays: 71%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.2% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

ORD–CWA flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 67% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon73%(139 flights)
  • Tue80%(137 flights)
  • Wed76%(133 flights)
  • Thu71%(140 flights)
  • Fri74%(140 flights)
  • Sat74%(132 flights)
  • Sun78%(142 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM83%(157 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM74%(137 flights)
  • 12–3 PM76%(54 flights)
  • 3–6 PM74%(276 flights)
  • 6–9 PM74%(91 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM72%(248 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 77% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202577%90
July 202565%88
August 202578%78
September 202580%85
October 202576%92
November 202578%83
December 202552%81
January 202671%65
February 202679%72
March 202678%60
April 202673%77
May 202690%92

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Based on 1,000 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.