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Route Reliability

Chicago → RST

ORD–RST · 268 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to RST Airport

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WanderNerd Reliability Score
66%
Arrive within 15 minutes
29 min
Average arrival delay
4.1%
Cancelled
1,058
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 66% of the time across 1,058 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

ORD–RST flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 55% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

ORD–RST flights arrived on time 71% of the time on Wednesdays. On Fridays: 59%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 4.1% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

ORD–RST flights arrived on time 75% 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
  • Mon65%(152 flights)
  • Tue70%(142 flights)
  • Wed71%(142 flights)
  • Thu61%(147 flights)
  • Fri59%(143 flights)
  • Sat70%(141 flights)
  • Sun63%(145 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM93%(15 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM78%(309 flights)
  • 12–3 PM63%(46 flights)
  • 3–6 PM62%(324 flights)
  • 6–9 PM68%(40 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM55%(278 flights)
On-time trend by month
89%
May

Jun 59% → May 89% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202559%92
July 202553%87
August 202565%81
September 202577%70
October 202556%87
November 202579%82
December 202548%82
January 202658%88
February 202671%86
March 202668%84
April 202667%85
May 202689%88

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Based on 1,058 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.