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Route Reliability

Valparaiso → Chicago

VPS–ORD · 796 miles · Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
70%
Arrive within 15 minutes
23 min
Average arrival delay
1.2%
Cancelled
326
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 70% of the time across 326 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 12–3 PM departure wins.

VPS–ORD flights departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 79% of the time, versus 25% between 3–6 PM.

Thursdays have been rough.

VPS–ORD flights arrived on time 86% of the time on Wednesdays and just 58% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Ticking up lately.

VPS–ORD flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 75% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon69%(42 flights)
  • Tue70%(43 flights)
  • Wed86%(43 flights)
  • Thu58%(43 flights)
  • Fri68%(41 flights)
  • Sat68%(63 flights)
  • Sun74%(43 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM66%(165 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(141 flights)
  • 3–6 PM25%(12 flights)
On-time trend by month
86%
May

Jun 69% → May 86% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202569%32
July 202556%34
August 202556%36
November 202573%30
December 202565%31
January 202673%30
February 202686%28
March 202679%29
April 202676%29
May 202686%29

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 326 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.