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Route Reliability

PLN → Chicago

PLNORD · 293 miles · PLN Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport

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WanderNerd Reliability Score
60%
Arrive within 15 minutes
42 min
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
237
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 60% of the time across 237 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 12–3 PM departure wins.

PLN–ORD flights departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 62% of the time, versus 55% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

PLN–ORD flights arrived on time 72% of the time on Thursdays and just 51% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon52%(31 flights)
  • Tue62%(29 flights)
  • Wed52%(27 flights)
  • Thu72%(36 flights)
  • Fri64%(36 flights)
  • Sat63%(35 flights)
  • Sun51%(39 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM(5 flights)
  • 12–3 PM62%(109 flights)
  • 3–6 PM57%(108 flights)
  • 6–9 PM55%(11 flights)
On-time trend by month
69%
May

Jun 69% → May 69% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202569%55
July 202542%62
August 202559%63
September 202573%37
May 202669%16

Based on 237 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.