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Route Reliability

Chicago → Palm Springs

ORD–PSP · 1,651 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport

66
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
71%
Arrive within 15 minutes
16 min
Average arrival delay
2.3%
Cancelled
791
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines77%336 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines66%455 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

ORD–PSP flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 79% of the time, versus 55% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

ORD–PSP flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Tuesdays and just 63% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 77% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 66%.

Ticking up lately.

ORD–PSP flights arrived on time 70% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 66% 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
  • Mon70%(112 flights)
  • Tue82%(112 flights)
  • Wed72%(108 flights)
  • Thu77%(108 flights)
  • Fri63%(110 flights)
  • Sat66%(110 flights)
  • Sun64%(112 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM79%(130 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM73%(362 flights)
  • 12–3 PM75%(83 flights)
  • 3–6 PM—(4 flights)
  • 6–9 PM65%(83 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM55%(110 flights)
On-time trend by month
79%
May

Oct 80% → May 79% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
October 202580%81
November 202582%93
December 202566%111
January 202663%73
February 202669%104
March 202664%126
April 202667%116
May 202679%58

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Based on 791 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.