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Route Reliability

Phoenix → Chicago

PHXORD · 1,440 miles · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport

77
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
1.6%
Cancelled
5,633
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines80%2,994 flights
  2. 2.United Airlines79%1,943 flights
  3. 3.Frontier Airlines68%212 flights
  4. 4.Southwest Airlines62%484 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

PHX–ORD flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 69% between 3–6 PM.

Monday is the weak spot.

PHX–ORD flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Tuesdays. On Mondays: 73%.

American Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

American Airlines arrived on time 80% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 62%.

Slipping a little lately.

PHX–ORD flights arrived on time 76% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 82% 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
  • Mon73%(808 flights)
  • Tue80%(756 flights)
  • Wed79%(751 flights)
  • Thu79%(798 flights)
  • Fri78%(805 flights)
  • Sat80%(770 flights)
  • Sun75%(822 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM88%(170 flights)
  • 3–6 AM93%(267 flights)
  • 6–9 AM87%(1193 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM77%(982 flights)
  • 12–3 PM73%(1142 flights)
  • 3–6 PM69%(1011 flights)
  • 6–9 PM72%(547 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM83%(198 flights)
On-time trend by month
79%
May

Jun 75% → May 79% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202575%446
July 202573%423
August 202579%404
September 202580%430
October 202580%437
November 202573%421
December 202581%486
January 202678%439
February 202686%445
March 202673%567
April 202676%517
May 202679%495

Based on 5,633 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.