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Route Reliability

Chicago → MQT

ORD–MQT · 303 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to MQT Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
21 min
Average arrival delay
4.2%
Cancelled
743
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 73% of the time across 743 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

ORD–MQT flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 66% between 6–9 PM.

Thursday is the weak spot.

ORD–MQT flights arrived on time 79% of the time on Tuesdays. On Thursdays: 67%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 4.2% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

ORD–MQT flights arrived on time 76% 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
  • Mon78%(102 flights)
  • Tue79%(91 flights)
  • Wed70%(104 flights)
  • Thu67%(105 flights)
  • Fri71%(101 flights)
  • Sat77%(101 flights)
  • Sun72%(103 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM89%(28 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(113 flights)
  • 12–3 PM75%(92 flights)
  • 3–6 PM79%(131 flights)
  • 6–9 PM66%(343 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 68% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202568%60
July 202562%61
August 202587%83
September 202581%62
October 202572%61
November 202586%55
December 202557%51
January 202659%34
February 202661%44
March 202669%51
April 202676%70
May 202683%75

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Based on 743 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.