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Route Reliability

SLN → Chicago

SLN–ORD · 559 miles · SLN Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport

75
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
3.0%
Cancelled
362
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 81% of the time across 362 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Mondays have been rough.

SLN–ORD flights arrived on time 92% of the time on Thursdays and just 75% on Mondays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.0% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Ticking up lately.

SLN–ORD flights arrived on time 84% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 77% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon75%(51 flights)
  • Tue76%(49 flights)
  • Wed80%(51 flights)
  • Thu92%(49 flights)
  • Fri86%(51 flights)
  • Sat77%(48 flights)
  • Sun80%(51 flights)
On-time trend by month
87%
May

Jun 72% → May 87% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%29
July 202581%31
August 202583%30
September 202593%30
October 202590%31
November 202564%28
December 202568%28
January 202675%28
February 202689%28
March 202682%27
April 202683%29
May 202687%31

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Based on 362 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.