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Airport month · November 2023
Chicago O'Hare International in November 2023
BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.
In November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 20,354 domestic departures from Chicago O'Hare International (ORD). 86.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.4% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so ORD departures were level with the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at ORD that month were on time 86.7% of the time (20,352 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 20%.
- On time 85.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.4%
- Cancelled 0.1%
- Diverted 0.1%
November 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Nov 2023 | Year earlier | ORD, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Nov 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 86.2% | — | 71.4% | 86.0% |
| Arrived on time | 85.4% | — | 69.4% | 86.2% |
| Cancelled | 0.1% | — | 2.8% | 0.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 9.5 min | — | 22.3 min | 9.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 679 | — | 986 | 18,793 |
| Scheduled departures | 20,354 | — | 359,911 | 563,777 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA United Airlines | 6,477 | 32% | 88.9% | -5.6 min | 0.1% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 4,508 | 22% | 82.7% | 1.7 min | 0.1% |
| AA American Airlines | 3,553 | 17% | 85.7% | -0.1 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 1,893 | 9% | 82.7% | 1.3 min | 0.2% |
| YX Republic Airline | 977 | 5% | 91.2% | -7.8 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 971 | 5% | 87.1% | -1.6 min | 0.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 839 | 4% | 84.0% | -2.5 min | 0.7% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 704 | 3% | 73.6% | 11.0 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 231 | 1% | 77.1% | 1.4 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 118 | 1% | 83.1% | -1.3 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 80 | 0% | 66.3% | 26.4 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 3 | 0% | 66.7% | -3.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORD–LGA | Chicago to New York | 799 | 87.9% | -5.3 min | 0.1% |
| ORD–PHX | Chicago to Phoenix | 510 | 82.7% | -0.1 min | 0.0% |
| ORD–DEN | Chicago to Denver | 506 | 90.1% | -7.0 min | 0.4% |
| ORD–LAX | Chicago to Los Angeles | 505 | 88.7% | -6.9 min | 0.2% |
| ORD–DFW | Chicago to Dallas/Fort Worth | 493 | 85.0% | -3.9 min | 0.2% |
| ORD–DCA | Chicago to Washington | 485 | 87.2% | 0.3 min | 0.2% |
| ORD–EWR | Chicago to Newark | 479 | 91.6% | -12.0 min | 0.0% |
| ORD–BOS | Chicago to Boston | 470 | 84.5% | -2.2 min | 0.6% |
| ORD–ATL | Chicago to Atlanta | 444 | 84.0% | 6.4 min | 0.0% |
| ORD–MCO | Chicago to Orlando | 427 | 83.6% | 2.7 min | 0.5% |
| ORD–DTW | Chicago to Detroit | 419 | 84.2% | 0.4 min | 0.0% |
| ORD–LAS | Chicago to Las Vegas | 416 | 85.8% | -4.7 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ORD on time in November 2023?
86.2% of 20,354 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
November 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for ORD · methodology · corrections.