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Airport month · July 2024
Chicago O'Hare International in July 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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 24,531 domestic departures from Chicago O'Hare International (ORD). 66.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 64.8% reached their destination on time; 2.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so ORD departures were 1.9 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at ORD that month were on time 68.6% of the time (24,527 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 18%.
- On time 64.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 32.2%
- Cancelled 2.6%
- Diverted 0.4%
July 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jul 2024 | Year earlier | ORD, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jul 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 66.6% | — | 71.4% | 68.5% |
| Arrived on time | 64.8% | — | 69.4% | 68.1% |
| Cancelled | 2.6% | — | 2.8% | 2.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 27.4 min | — | 22.3 min | 24.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 818 | — | 986 | 21,154 |
| Scheduled departures | 24,531 | — | 359,911 | 634,613 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA United Airlines | 7,777 | 32% | 65.5% | 19.2 min | 3.4% |
| AA American Airlines | 4,955 | 20% | 58.9% | 31.5 min | 2.2% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 4,575 | 19% | 68.9% | 15.5 min | 1.4% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 3,090 | 13% | 67.2% | 14.8 min | 1.5% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 1,062 | 4% | 63.6% | 31.3 min | 6.5% |
| YX Republic Airline | 922 | 4% | 77.1% | 10.6 min | 1.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 878 | 4% | 53.0% | 31.8 min | 5.8% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 487 | 2% | 72.9% | 10.6 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 388 | 2% | 63.9% | 15.5 min | 0.5% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 274 | 1% | 44.2% | 51.6 min | 8.4% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 118 | 0% | 58.5% | 46.3 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 5 | 0% | 100.0% | -8.4 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORD–LGA | Chicago to New York | 985 | 60.0% | 27.3 min | 5.8% |
| ORD–BOS | Chicago to Boston | 670 | 65.4% | 17.8 min | 3.0% |
| ORD–LAX | Chicago to Los Angeles | 617 | 64.8% | 21.8 min | 3.6% |
| ORD–DEN | Chicago to Denver | 578 | 66.4% | 20.2 min | 1.9% |
| ORD–SEA | Chicago to Seattle | 575 | 67.8% | 14.2 min | 1.9% |
| ORD–DFW | Chicago to Dallas/Fort Worth | 568 | 61.8% | 34.7 min | 2.1% |
| ORD–EWR | Chicago to Newark | 535 | 59.3% | 34.6 min | 4.1% |
| ORD–DCA | Chicago to Washington | 529 | 62.8% | 27.7 min | 3.4% |
| ORD–MSP | Chicago to Minneapolis | 529 | 48.4% | 36.5 min | 3.0% |
| ORD–SFO | Chicago to San Francisco | 506 | 64.2% | 16.6 min | 2.8% |
| ORD–ATL | Chicago to Atlanta | 501 | 53.7% | 41.1 min | 5.0% |
| ORD–IAH | Chicago to Houston | 495 | 52.7% | 30.4 min | 7.3% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ORD on time in July 2024?
66.6% of 24,531 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 64.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
July 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 July 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.