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Route Reliability

Chicago → West Palm Beach

ORDPBI · 1,144 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Palm Beach International Airport

66
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
69%
Arrive within 15 minutes
18 min
Average arrival delay
1.5%
Cancelled
1,244
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines74%448 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines66%796 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

ORD–PBI flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 74% of the time, versus 62% between 12–3 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

ORD–PBI flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Tuesdays and just 62% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 74% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 66%.

Slipping a little lately.

ORD–PBI flights arrived on time 67% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 71% 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
  • Mon66%(172 flights)
  • Tue80%(163 flights)
  • Wed75%(161 flights)
  • Thu68%(178 flights)
  • Fri66%(175 flights)
  • Sat66%(189 flights)
  • Sun62%(184 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM74%(258 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM71%(366 flights)
  • 12–3 PM62%(350 flights)
  • 3–6 PM73%(167 flights)
  • 6–9 PM63%(81 flights)
On-time trend by month
73%
May

Jun 68% → May 73% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202568%60
July 202564%59
August 202565%52
September 202565%48
October 202573%84
November 202572%116
December 202570%156
January 202666%134
February 202676%130
March 202661%158
April 202667%121
May 202673%104

Based on 1,244 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.