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Route Reliability

RST → Chicago

RST–ORD · 268 miles · RST Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
67%
Arrive within 15 minutes
25 min
Average arrival delay
4.3%
Cancelled
1,058
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 67% of the time across 1,058 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

RST–ORD flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 84% of the time, versus 54% between 6–9 PM.

Skip Monday if you can.

RST–ORD flights arrived on time 71% of the time on Tuesdays. On Mondays: 60%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 4.3% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

RST–ORD flights arrived on time 75% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 59% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon60%(149 flights)
  • Tue71%(145 flights)
  • Wed68%(140 flights)
  • Thu68%(150 flights)
  • Fri63%(140 flights)
  • Sat70%(142 flights)
  • Sun68%(145 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM84%(103 flights)
  • 6–9 AM74%(247 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM75%(176 flights)
  • 12–3 PM60%(164 flights)
  • 3–6 PM56%(77 flights)
  • 6–9 PM54%(244 flights)
On-time trend by month
85%
May

Jun 62% → May 85% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202562%92
July 202552%86
August 202570%79
September 202587%71
October 202558%87
November 202571%82
December 202545%82
January 202661%87
February 202672%86
March 202663%84
April 202677%86
May 202685%89

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Based on 1,058 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.