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Route Reliability

Sarasota → Chicago

SRQORD · 1,050 miles · Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
69%
Arrive within 15 minutes
19 min
Average arrival delay
1.8%
Cancelled
1,002
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines71%622 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines66%380 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

SRQ–ORD flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 59% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

SRQ–ORD flights arrived on time 75% of the time on Wednesdays and just 58% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

United Airlines has a slight edge here.

United Airlines arrived on time 71% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 66%.

Slipping a little lately.

SRQ–ORD flights arrived on time 70% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 73% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon71%(134 flights)
  • Tue73%(135 flights)
  • Wed75%(134 flights)
  • Thu75%(130 flights)
  • Fri64%(135 flights)
  • Sat70%(170 flights)
  • Sun58%(137 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(75 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(150 flights)
  • 12–3 PM71%(273 flights)
  • 3–6 PM59%(449 flights)
  • 6–9 PM61%(28 flights)
On-time trend by month
76%
May

Jun 54% → May 76% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202554%37
July 202553%34
August 202565%31
September 202573%30
October 202584%37
November 202565%88
December 202570%138
January 202670%103
February 202680%119
March 202664%146
April 202669%117
May 202676%95

Based on 1,002 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.