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Route Reliability

Chicago → MHK

ORD–MHK · 501 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to MHK Airport

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WanderNerd Reliability Score
64%
Arrive within 15 minutes
32 min
Average arrival delay
3.5%
Cancelled
628
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 64% of the time across 628 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 3–6 PM departure wins.

ORD–MHK flights departing between 3–6 PM arrived on time 77% of the time, versus 55% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Thursdays have been rough.

ORD–MHK flights arrived on time 73% of the time on Tuesdays and just 52% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.5% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

ORD–MHK flights arrived on time 70% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 59% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon63%(84 flights)
  • Tue73%(88 flights)
  • Wed72%(87 flights)
  • Thu52%(87 flights)
  • Fri61%(84 flights)
  • Sat64%(88 flights)
  • Sun61%(87 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM73%(102 flights)
  • 12–3 PM68%(98 flights)
  • 3–6 PM77%(70 flights)
  • 6–9 PM63%(88 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM55%(247 flights)
On-time trend by month
79%
May

Jun 56% → May 79% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202556%59
July 202553%58
August 202569%36
September 202567%30
October 202555%56
November 202576%53
December 202552%58
January 202653%34
February 202673%45
March 202665%60
April 202667%55
May 202679%61

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Based on 628 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.