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Route Reliability

Chicago → Providence

ORDPVD · 849 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
69%
Arrive within 15 minutes
17 min
Average arrival delay
2.6%
Cancelled
1,632
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines73%739 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines66%893 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

ORD–PVD flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 57% between 3–6 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

ORD–PVD flights arrived on time 75% of the time on Saturdays. On Fridays: 63%.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 73% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 66%.

Trending in the right direction.

ORD–PVD flights arrived on time 74% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 60% 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
  • Mon68%(226 flights)
  • Tue70%(219 flights)
  • Wed71%(230 flights)
  • Thu74%(233 flights)
  • Fri63%(232 flights)
  • Sat75%(215 flights)
  • Sun65%(231 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM85%(109 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM82%(430 flights)
  • 12–3 PM63%(316 flights)
  • 3–6 PM57%(149 flights)
  • 6–9 PM64%(582 flights)
On-time trend by month
79%
May

Jun 77% → May 79% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202577%124
July 202567%118
August 202573%110
September 202564%123
October 202572%141
November 202573%136
December 202556%130
January 202661%116
February 202662%117
March 202671%145
April 202671%145
May 202679%181

Based on 1,632 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.