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Route Reliability

Chicago → Key West

ORDEYW · 1,251 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Key West International Airport

82
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
665
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines83%386 flights
  2. 2.United Airlines78%279 flights

What the data says

Mornings have a slight edge.

Departures between 6–9 AM arrived on time 83% of the time, against 78% between 9 AM–12 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

ORD–EYW flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 77%.

American Airlines has a slight edge here.

American Airlines arrived on time 83% of the time on this route; United Airlines managed 78%.

Ticking up lately.

ORD–EYW flights arrived on time 85% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 78% 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
  • Mon79%(86 flights)
  • Tue88%(88 flights)
  • Wed81%(91 flights)
  • Thu82%(92 flights)
  • Fri79%(95 flights)
  • Sat80%(110 flights)
  • Sun77%(92 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM83%(235 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM78%(265 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(123 flights)
  • 3–6 PM81%(31 flights)
On-time trend by month
93%
May

Nov 76% → May 93% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
November 202576%66
December 202566%88
January 202683%100
February 202687%96
March 202679%109
April 202682%94
May 202693%82

Based on 665 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.