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Route Reliability

Chicago → Fairbanks

ORDFAI · 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

On-time by weekday
  • Mon60%(20 flights)
  • Tue76%(21 flights)
  • Wed67%(21 flights)
  • Thu76%(21 flights)
  • Fri67%(21 flights)
  • Sat76%(21 flights)
  • Sun82%(22 flights)
On-time trend by month
65%
May

Jun 90% → May 65% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202590%30
July 202555%31
August 202577%30
September 202579%24
May 202665%31

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.