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Route Reliability

Portland → Chicago

PWMORD · 900 miles · Portland International Jetport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport

71
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
2.8%
Cancelled
1,461
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines79%619 flights
  2. 2.United Airlines75%842 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

PWM–ORD flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 62% between 3–6 PM.

Friday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 81% on time on Fridays against 75% on Wednesdays.

American Airlines has a slight edge here.

American Airlines arrived on time 79% of the time on this route; United Airlines managed 75%.

Ticking up lately.

PWM–ORD flights arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 75% 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
  • Mon75%(196 flights)
  • Tue77%(194 flights)
  • Wed75%(192 flights)
  • Thu76%(206 flights)
  • Fri81%(210 flights)
  • Sat79%(207 flights)
  • Sun77%(210 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM82%(39 flights)
  • 6–9 AM89%(423 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(134 flights)
  • 12–3 PM88%(142 flights)
  • 3–6 PM62%(492 flights)
  • 6–9 PM73%(185 flights)
On-time trend by month
89%
May

Jun 75% → May 89% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202575%124
July 202569%144
August 202579%171
September 202578%161
October 202574%166
November 202568%83
December 202579%61
January 202659%34
February 202686%57
March 202670%110
April 202685%139
May 202689%165

Based on 1,461 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.