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Route Reliability

SUN → Chicago

SUNORD · 1,341 miles · SUN Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport

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WanderNerd Reliability Score
59%
Arrive within 15 minutes
35 min
Average arrival delay
4.6%
Cancelled
260
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines65%150 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines51%110 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

SUN–ORD flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 53% between 12–3 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

SUN–ORD flights arrived on time 76% of the time on Wednesdays and just 32% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 65% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 51%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 4.6% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon52%(31 flights)
  • Tue67%(27 flights)
  • Wed76%(37 flights)
  • Thu62%(29 flights)
  • Fri32%(31 flights)
  • Sat58%(48 flights)
  • Sun64%(44 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM90%(39 flights)
  • 12–3 PM53%(207 flights)
  • 3–6 PM(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
50%
Apr

Jul 85% → Apr 50% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
July 202585%13
August 2025100%12
December 202536%25
January 202664%58
February 202653%55
March 202652%60
April 202650%10

Based on 260 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.