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Route Reliability

Chicago → LNK

ORD–LNK · 466 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to LNK Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
64%
Arrive within 15 minutes
29 min
Average arrival delay
2.7%
Cancelled
1,534
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 64% of the time across 1,534 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

ORD–LNK flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 78% of the time, versus 55% between 6–9 PM.

Skip Monday if you can.

ORD–LNK flights arrived on time 72% of the time on Tuesdays. On Mondays: 59%.

Ticking up lately.

ORD–LNK flights arrived on time 59% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 55% 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
  • Mon59%(212 flights)
  • Tue72%(218 flights)
  • Wed67%(216 flights)
  • Thu67%(209 flights)
  • Fri61%(212 flights)
  • Sat61%(199 flights)
  • Sun61%(219 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM74%(198 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM78%(190 flights)
  • 12–3 PM64%(395 flights)
  • 3–6 PM60%(356 flights)
  • 6–9 PM55%(346 flights)
On-time trend by month
70%
May

Jun 68% → May 70% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202568%120
July 202562%121
August 202575%118
September 202586%114
October 202572%126
November 202566%136
December 202545%117
January 202654%122
February 202665%109
March 202655%117
April 202651%138
May 202670%147

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Based on 1,534 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.