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Route Reliability

Pittsburgh → Chicago

PITORD · 413 miles · Pittsburgh International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport

79
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
1.9%
Cancelled
3,942
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines81%2,126 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines77%1,816 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

PIT–ORD flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 97% of the time, versus 60% between 6–9 PM.

Saturday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 82% on time on Saturdays against 76% on Mondays.

United Airlines has a slight edge here.

United Airlines arrived on time 81% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 77%.

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
  • Mon76%(568 flights)
  • Tue80%(549 flights)
  • Wed80%(551 flights)
  • Thu80%(580 flights)
  • Fri81%(563 flights)
  • Sat82%(477 flights)
  • Sun76%(576 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM97%(65 flights)
  • 6–9 AM89%(1288 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(723 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(520 flights)
  • 3–6 PM67%(838 flights)
  • 6–9 PM60%(427 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM(3 flights)
On-time trend by month
84%
May

Jun 77% → May 84% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202577%334
July 202574%331
August 202586%332
September 202583%345
October 202583%371
November 202580%317
December 202571%303
January 202673%259
February 202686%256
March 202671%282
April 202678%341
May 202684%393

Based on 3,942 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.