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Route Reliability

Chicago → Minneapolis

ORDMSP · 334 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport

65
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
70%
Arrive within 15 minutes
19 min
Average arrival delay
2.1%
Cancelled
6,352
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines71%1,867 flights
  2. 2.United Airlines70%2,523 flights
  3. 3.Delta Air Lines69%1,949 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (13 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

ORD–MSP flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 83% of the time, versus 60% between 6–9 PM.

Tuesday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 73% on time on Tuesdays against 68% on Fridays.

Not much between American Airlines and Delta Air Lines.

On this route they all land within 69% to 71% on time. Pick on schedule and price.

Trending in the right direction.

ORD–MSP flights arrived on time 72% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 63% 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
  • Mon69%(925 flights)
  • Tue73%(868 flights)
  • Wed70%(873 flights)
  • Thu69%(927 flights)
  • Fri68%(915 flights)
  • Sat73%(766 flights)
  • Sun69%(938 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM83%(1583 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM76%(672 flights)
  • 12–3 PM72%(968 flights)
  • 3–6 PM63%(1495 flights)
  • 6–9 PM60%(1056 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM61%(438 flights)
On-time trend by month
79%
May

Jun 71% → May 79% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202571%538
July 202567%530
August 202570%536
September 202572%534
October 202578%573
November 202574%484
December 202551%487
January 202667%445
February 202672%441
March 202664%494
April 202674%583
May 202679%567

Based on 6,352 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.