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Route Reliability

Chicago → LSE

ORDLSE · 215 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to LSE Airport

67
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
4.1%
Cancelled
1,049
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 76% of the time across 1,049 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

ORD–LSE flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 67% between 6–9 PM.

Wednesday is the weak spot.

ORD–LSE flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Tuesdays. On Wednesdays: 73%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 4.1% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

ORD–LSE flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 67% 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
  • Mon74%(147 flights)
  • Tue83%(143 flights)
  • Wed73%(143 flights)
  • Thu74%(148 flights)
  • Fri75%(146 flights)
  • Sat79%(131 flights)
  • Sun74%(147 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM85%(161 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(174 flights)
  • 12–3 PM71%(112 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(224 flights)
  • 6–9 PM67%(52 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM70%(282 flights)
On-time trend by month
84%
May

Jun 76% → May 84% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202576%90
July 202569%89
August 202577%81
September 202582%83
October 202582%88
November 202587%77
December 202555%83
January 202667%81
February 202678%80
March 202678%78
April 202677%83
May 202684%92

Based on 1,049 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.