Route Reliability
Chicago → Fairbanks
ORD–FAI · 2,785 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fairbanks International Airport
77
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 72%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 9 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.7%
- Cancelled
- 148
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 72% of the time across 148 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Mondays have been rough.
ORD–FAI flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Sundays and just 60% on Mondays. That gap is worth planning around.
Flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon60%(20 flights)
- Tue76%(21 flights)
- Wed67%(21 flights)
- Thu76%(21 flights)
- Fri67%(21 flights)
- Sat76%(21 flights)
- Sun82%(22 flights)
65%
May
Jun 90% → May 65% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 90% | 30 |
| July 2025 | 55% | 31 |
| August 2025 | 77% | 30 |
| September 2025 | 79% | 24 |
| May 2026 | 65% | 31 |
Keep nerding
Based on 148 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.