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Route Reliability

Chicago → Valparaiso

ORDVPS · 796 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport

77
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
75%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
1.5%
Cancelled
326
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 75% of the time across 326 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

ORD–VPS flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 82% of the time, versus 58% between 12–3 PM.

Thursdays have been rough.

ORD–VPS flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Wednesdays and just 63% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Ticking up lately.

ORD–VPS flights arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 78% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon70%(43 flights)
  • Tue77%(44 flights)
  • Wed84%(43 flights)
  • Thu63%(43 flights)
  • Fri71%(41 flights)
  • Sat78%(64 flights)
  • Sun81%(43 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM71%(174 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM82%(135 flights)
  • 12–3 PM58%(12 flights)
On-time trend by month
87%
May

Jun 81% → May 87% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202581%32
July 202565%34
August 202561%36
November 202572%29
December 202568%31
January 202680%30
February 202686%28
March 202677%31
April 202680%30
May 202687%30

Based on 326 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.