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Route Reliability

Chicago → Sarasota

ORDSRQ · 1,050 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
1.2%
Cancelled
1,001
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines80%622 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines74%379 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

ORD–SRQ flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 82% of the time, versus 60% between 12–3 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

ORD–SRQ flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Tuesdays and just 70% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

United Airlines has a slight edge here.

United Airlines arrived on time 80% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 74%.

Slipping a little lately.

ORD–SRQ flights arrived on time 74% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 81% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(136 flights)
  • Tue87%(137 flights)
  • Wed79%(132 flights)
  • Thu83%(133 flights)
  • Fri74%(136 flights)
  • Sat78%(174 flights)
  • Sun70%(139 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM82%(252 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM81%(424 flights)
  • 12–3 PM60%(107 flights)
  • 3–6 PM81%(160 flights)
  • 6–9 PM66%(44 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 95% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202595%37
July 202585%34
August 202578%32
September 202583%30
October 202589%37
November 202573%89
December 202570%140
January 202682%107
February 202691%118
March 202670%149
April 202670%121
May 202683%93

Based on 1,001 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.