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Route Reliability

Chicago → Wichita

ORDICT · 588 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
66%
Arrive within 15 minutes
21 min
Average arrival delay
2.5%
Cancelled
2,433
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines69%1,294 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines62%1,139 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

ORD–ICT flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 79% of the time, versus 59% between 6–9 PM.

Thursday is the weak spot.

ORD–ICT flights arrived on time 71% of the time on Wednesdays. On Thursdays: 61%.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 69% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 62%.

Ticking up lately.

ORD–ICT flights arrived on time 69% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 64% 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
  • Mon64%(364 flights)
  • Tue69%(313 flights)
  • Wed71%(324 flights)
  • Thu61%(360 flights)
  • Fri62%(356 flights)
  • Sat71%(287 flights)
  • Sun65%(360 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM79%(256 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM65%(572 flights)
  • 12–3 PM76%(347 flights)
  • 3–6 PM63%(539 flights)
  • 6–9 PM59%(515 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM63%(135 flights)
On-time trend by month
71%
May

Jun 60% → May 71% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202560%215
July 202561%207
August 202564%188
September 202575%175
October 202570%199
November 202561%184
December 202550%166
January 202665%161
February 202677%169
March 202670%196
April 202666%245
May 202671%259

Based on 2,433 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.