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Route Reliability

Palm Springs → Chicago

PSPORD · 1,651 miles · Palm Springs International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport

67
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
16 min
Average arrival delay
2.5%
Cancelled
791
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%336 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines72%455 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

PSP–ORD flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 83% of the time, versus 56% between 12–3 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

PSP–ORD flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Thursdays. On Sundays: 71%.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 81% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 72%.

Recent months have been rougher.

PSP–ORD flights arrived on time 70% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 81% 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
  • Mon77%(113 flights)
  • Tue77%(111 flights)
  • Wed77%(109 flights)
  • Thu81%(103 flights)
  • Fri77%(109 flights)
  • Sat72%(106 flights)
  • Sun71%(112 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM83%(204 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(365 flights)
  • 12–3 PM56%(123 flights)
  • 3–6 PM71%(52 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM74%(19 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Oct 85% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
October 202585%81
November 202574%93
December 202581%111
January 202683%70
February 202680%104
March 202655%123
April 202677%114
May 202678%58

Based on 791 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.