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Route Reliability

SCE → Chicago

SCEORD · 528 miles · SCE Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
19 min
Average arrival delay
3.3%
Cancelled
1,505
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 73% of the time across 1,505 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

SCE–ORD flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 81% of the time, versus 59% between 3–6 PM.

Skip Thursday if you can.

SCE–ORD flights arrived on time 78% of the time on Mondays. On Thursdays: 70%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.3% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Slipping a little lately.

SCE–ORD flights arrived on time 69% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 73% 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
  • Mon78%(215 flights)
  • Tue71%(191 flights)
  • Wed73%(195 flights)
  • Thu70%(214 flights)
  • Fri73%(213 flights)
  • Sat74%(197 flights)
  • Sun74%(219 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM81%(413 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM78%(331 flights)
  • 12–3 PM74%(324 flights)
  • 3–6 PM59%(337 flights)
  • 6–9 PM62%(39 flights)
On-time trend by month
70%
May

Jun 76% → May 70% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202576%109
July 202572%109
August 202576%113
September 202582%108
October 202580%117
November 202571%137
December 202562%99
January 202670%103
February 202687%107
March 202671%117
April 202667%164
May 202670%161

Based on 1,505 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.