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Route Reliability

Chicago → Kalispell

ORDFCA · 1,352 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glacier Park International Airport

71
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
71%
Arrive within 15 minutes
15 min
Average arrival delay
1.2%
Cancelled
578
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines75%314 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines66%264 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

ORD–FCA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 53% between 6–9 PM.

Wednesdays have been rough.

ORD–FCA flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Tuesdays and just 65% on Wednesdays. That gap is worth planning around.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 75% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 66%.

Recent months have been rougher.

ORD–FCA flights arrived on time 62% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 70% 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
  • Mon72%(81 flights)
  • Tue84%(68 flights)
  • Wed65%(68 flights)
  • Thu75%(89 flights)
  • Fri66%(85 flights)
  • Sat70%(90 flights)
  • Sun69%(89 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM85%(189 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM71%(192 flights)
  • 12–3 PM53%(103 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(37 flights)
  • 6–9 PM53%(49 flights)
On-time trend by month
76%
May

Jun 63% → May 76% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202563%88
July 202566%120
August 202580%112
September 202581%95
October 202576%58
December 202553%15
February 202657%14
March 202652%21
May 202676%33

Based on 578 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.