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Route Reliability

Chicago → Salt Lake City

ORDSLC · 1,250 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport

67
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
70%
Arrive within 15 minutes
20 min
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
3,174
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines72%1,122 flights
  2. 2.Delta Air Lines72%1,011 flights
  3. 3.American Airlines65%1,041 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

ORD–SLC flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 80% of the time, versus 57% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

ORD–SLC flights arrived on time 76% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 64%.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 72% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 65%.

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
  • Mon67%(466 flights)
  • Tue76%(436 flights)
  • Wed70%(424 flights)
  • Thu69%(465 flights)
  • Fri68%(460 flights)
  • Sat75%(411 flights)
  • Sun64%(471 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM80%(506 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM72%(680 flights)
  • 12–3 PM75%(889 flights)
  • 3–6 PM64%(175 flights)
  • 6–9 PM58%(815 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM57%(68 flights)
On-time trend by month
73%
May

Jun 65% → May 73% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202565%264
July 202562%268
August 202571%255
September 202580%243
October 202573%264
November 202572%234
December 202558%239
January 202668%236
February 202676%280
March 202666%307
April 202671%261
May 202673%282

Based on 3,174 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.