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Airport month · November 2025
Chicago O'Hare International in November 2025
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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 28,703 domestic departures from Chicago O'Hare International (ORD). 71.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.1% reached their destination on time; 5.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so ORD departures were 6.8 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 22,435 departures with 84.9% leaving on time: a change of −13.6 points, with flights up 28%.
Flights arriving at ORD that month were on time 68.3% of the time (28,717 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 25%.
- On time 69.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.2%
- Cancelled 5.6%
- Diverted 0.2%
November 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Nov 2025 | Nov 2024 | ORD, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 71.3% | 84.9% | 71.4% | 78.1% |
| Arrived on time | 69.1% | 82.6% | 69.4% | 77.3% |
| Cancelled | 5.6% | 0.3% | 2.8% | 2.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 21.3 min | 11.0 min | 22.3 min | 15.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 957 | 748 | 986 | 19,018 |
| Scheduled departures | 28,703 | 22,435 | 359,911 | 570,550 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA United Airlines | 7,792 | 27% | 70.5% | 16.2 min | 2.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 6,407 | 22% | 63.9% | 17.7 min | 8.6% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 4,377 | 15% | 73.6% | 4.8 min | 6.7% |
| AA American Airlines | 4,295 | 15% | 71.4% | 10.4 min | 4.4% |
| YX Republic Airline | 3,086 | 11% | 71.2% | 9.7 min | 7.5% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 965 | 3% | 65.9% | 29.9 min | 3.5% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 435 | 2% | 68.7% | 15.5 min | 7.6% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 390 | 1% | 62.1% | 22.4 min | 7.7% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 352 | 1% | 58.5% | 37.3 min | 9.7% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 265 | 1% | 51.7% | 30.2 min | 4.9% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 255 | 1% | 69.8% | 19.6 min | 3.9% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 84 | 0% | 66.7% | 13.2 min | 3.6% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORD–LGA | Chicago to New York | 977 | 56.5% | 35.6 min | 4.4% |
| ORD–BOS | Chicago to Boston | 639 | 69.3% | 17.2 min | 4.7% |
| ORD–DFW | Chicago to Dallas/Fort Worth | 592 | 69.4% | 14.7 min | 5.7% |
| ORD–LAX | Chicago to Los Angeles | 588 | 75.0% | 6.6 min | 3.6% |
| ORD–DCA | Chicago to Washington | 562 | 65.5% | 15.1 min | 4.4% |
| ORD–ATL | Chicago to Atlanta | 526 | 73.6% | 12.8 min | 5.1% |
| ORD–EWR | Chicago to Newark | 521 | 64.5% | 28.5 min | 5.8% |
| ORD–MSP | Chicago to Minneapolis | 512 | 68.9% | 16.1 min | 5.5% |
| ORD–MCO | Chicago to Orlando | 503 | 75.5% | 8.2 min | 3.0% |
| ORD–DTW | Chicago to Detroit | 472 | 67.2% | 12.6 min | 9.7% |
| ORD–IAH | Chicago to Houston | 467 | 75.2% | 6.0 min | 3.0% |
| ORD–MKE | Chicago to Milwaukee | 464 | 62.9% | 18.4 min | 11.2% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ORD on time in November 2025?
71.3% of 28,703 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In November 2024, 84.9% of 22,435 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 71.3% and 5.6% in November 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 2025; 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.