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Route Reliability

Chicago → Dayton

ORDDAY · 240 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Dayton International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
68%
Arrive within 15 minutes
32 min
Average arrival delay
3.7%
Cancelled
3,186
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines70%1,881 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines65%1,305 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

ORD–DAY flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 78% of the time, versus 58% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

ORD–DAY flights arrived on time 74% of the time on Saturdays. On Fridays: 64%.

United Airlines has a slight edge here.

United Airlines arrived on time 70% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 65%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.7% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

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
  • Mon65%(439 flights)
  • Tue69%(440 flights)
  • Wed65%(440 flights)
  • Thu69%(449 flights)
  • Fri64%(447 flights)
  • Sat74%(402 flights)
  • Sun69%(451 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM78%(241 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM71%(733 flights)
  • 12–3 PM67%(708 flights)
  • 3–6 PM67%(416 flights)
  • 6–9 PM58%(575 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM71%(395 flights)
On-time trend by month
70%
May

Jun 68% → May 70% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202568%236
July 202562%229
August 202574%231
September 202578%276
October 202576%277
November 202572%263
December 202561%253
January 202656%219
February 202667%233
March 202657%253
April 202667%300
May 202670%298

Based on 3,186 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.