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Route Reliability

Reno → Chicago

RNOORD · 1,671 miles · Reno–Tahoe International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport

83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
1.7%
Cancelled
363
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 83% of the time across 363 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Departure time hasn't mattered much.

On-time rates stay between 81% and 83% across the day.

Friday is doing you no favors.

RNO–ORD flights arrived on time 90% of the time on Thursdays. On Fridays: 78%.

Ticking up lately.

RNO–ORD flights arrived on time 87% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 81% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon88%(51 flights)
  • Tue80%(51 flights)
  • Wed82%(50 flights)
  • Thu90%(51 flights)
  • Fri78%(51 flights)
  • Sat80%(51 flights)
  • Sun80%(51 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM83%(299 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM81%(41 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM81%(16 flights)
On-time trend by month
87%
May

Jun 93% → May 87% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202593%30
July 202583%30
August 202586%29
September 202587%30
October 202584%31
November 202560%30
December 202582%28
January 202671%31
February 202689%28
March 202679%29
April 202693%29
May 202687%31

Based on 363 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.