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Airport month · February 2024
Chicago O'Hare International in February 2024
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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 19,553 domestic departures from Chicago O'Hare International (ORD). 86.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.3% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so ORD departures were 2.9 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at ORD that month were on time 87.6% of the time (19,552 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 34%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 22%.
- On time 86.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.2%
- Cancelled 0.3%
- Diverted 0.2%
February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Feb 2024 | Year earlier | ORD, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Feb 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 86.9% | — | 71.4% | 84.0% |
| Arrived on time | 86.3% | — | 69.4% | 83.4% |
| Cancelled | 0.3% | — | 2.8% | 0.6% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 9.4 min | — | 22.3 min | 11.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 652 | — | 986 | 17,307 |
| Scheduled departures | 19,553 | — | 359,911 | 519,221 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA United Airlines | 6,498 | 33% | 87.0% | -4.0 min | 0.2% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 3,890 | 20% | 85.0% | -2.4 min | 0.5% |
| AA American Airlines | 3,596 | 18% | 82.1% | 4.6 min | 0.2% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 2,289 | 12% | 88.3% | -2.6 min | 0.4% |
| YX Republic Airline | 1,156 | 6% | 93.5% | -10.4 min | 0.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 680 | 3% | 91.3% | -10.1 min | 0.4% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 576 | 3% | 81.3% | 2.0 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 559 | 3% | 91.8% | -9.7 min | 0.4% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 143 | 1% | 88.1% | -11.0 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 87 | 0% | 82.8% | 27.4 min | 1.1% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 79 | 0% | 84.8% | 2.5 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORD–LGA | Chicago to New York | 808 | 86.9% | 0.1 min | 0.9% |
| ORD–DCA | Chicago to Washington | 490 | 83.7% | 1.7 min | 0.2% |
| ORD–PHX | Chicago to Phoenix | 486 | 89.3% | -3.5 min | 0.2% |
| ORD–LAX | Chicago to Los Angeles | 465 | 84.1% | -0.9 min | 0.4% |
| ORD–DEN | Chicago to Denver | 449 | 88.2% | -2.7 min | 0.7% |
| ORD–DFW | Chicago to Dallas/Fort Worth | 439 | 85.4% | -3.1 min | 0.0% |
| ORD–BOS | Chicago to Boston | 438 | 84.9% | 5.9 min | 0.5% |
| ORD–MCO | Chicago to Orlando | 438 | 86.8% | -3.0 min | 0.0% |
| ORD–EWR | Chicago to Newark | 414 | 86.5% | -4.1 min | 1.2% |
| ORD–ATL | Chicago to Atlanta | 401 | 87.5% | -1.9 min | 0.0% |
| ORD–LAS | Chicago to Las Vegas | 395 | 84.8% | -4.3 min | 0.3% |
| ORD–DTW | Chicago to Detroit | 382 | 88.5% | -4.5 min | 0.8% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ORD on time in February 2024?
86.9% of 19,553 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.