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Route · 12 months to July 2026
Kahului to Chicago: on-time record
Kahului Airport to Chicago O'Hare International
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. Data through July 2026; this is a monthly history, not live flight status.
In the 12 months to July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 138 flights from Kahului (OGG) to Chicago (ORD), a distance of 4,184 miles. 87.0% of them arrived within 15 minutes of schedule.
That is 11.0 points above the national on-time share of 76.0% for the same period and 4.6 points above the 82.4% recorded for all departures from OGG. Flights that did arrive were 9.4 min late on average, and 1.4% of scheduled flights were cancelled (national: 1.8%).
United Airlines is the only reporting carrier on the route, with 138 flights in the period.
The on-time share is about level with the previous 12 months (87.1%); cancellations moved from 2.7% to 1.4%.
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category on this route, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 45% and national aviation system 6%.
- On time 87.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.6%
- Cancelled 1.4%
- Diverted 0.0%
Airlines on the route compared
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA United Airlines | 138 | 100% | 87.0% | 9.4 min | 1.4% |
Carriers with at least 24 flights in the 12 months to July 2026. The on-time pill is green when a carrier is at or above the route's overall share. Regional carriers operate flights sold under larger airlines' brands; BTS lists the carrier that operated the flight.
Compared with the airports and the nation
| Measure | OGG to ORD | All departures from OGG | All arrivals at ORD | All reported flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 87.0% | 82.4% | 71.2% | 76.0% |
| Arrived 15+ minutes late | 11.6% | 16.5% | 25.4% | 21.9% |
| Cancelled | 1.4% | 0.9% | 2.9% | 1.8% |
| Diverted | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.3% |
| Average arrival delay | 9.4 min | 2.4 min | 15.4 min | 8.1 min |
| Delay minutes per 100 flights | 2,307 | 1,021 | 2,373 | 1,684 |
| Scheduled flights | 138 | 25,694 | 359,867 | 7,043,858 |
12 months to July 2026. Delay minutes count late arrivals only (an early arrival is zero), so the per-100-flights row is a normalised total rather than an average of early and late.
The return direction, ORD to OGG, recorded 72.5% on time across 138 flights in the same period.
Month by month
Year on year: on time 87.0% against 87.1% (−0.1 pts), cancelled 1.4% against 2.7%, flights 138 against 147.
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Seasonality
| Calendar month | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg arrival delay | Years in sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 69 | 94.2% | 0.0% | 2.3 min | 3 |
| Feb | 69 | 92.8% | 1.4% | -17.1 min | 3 |
| Mar | 85 | 83.5% | 2.4% | 4.8 min | 3 |
| Apr | 45 | 84.4% | 0.0% | 9.1 min | 3 |
| May | 14 | 85.7% | 7.1% | -6.7 min | 3 |
| Jun | 13 | 92.3% | 0.0% | -4.8 min | 3 |
| Jul | 12 | 83.3% | 8.3% | -9.5 min | 3 |
| Aug | 19 | 52.6% | 21.1% | 27.3 min | 3 |
| Sep | 8 | 100.0% | 0.0% | -23.9 min | 2 |
| Oct | 8 | 100.0% | 0.0% | -16.9 min | 2 |
| Nov | 12 | 83.3% | 0.0% | 3.6 min | 2 |
| Dec | 43 | 93.0% | 2.3% | -11.2 min | 3 |
Each calendar month summed across the 36 months on file, so most rows combine three years. The pill compares the month with the route's own 12-month share.
Other routes from Kahului (OGG)
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OGG–HNL | Kahului to Honolulu | 10,075 | 83.7% | 3.2 min | 1.0% |
| OGG–LAX | Kahului to Los Angeles | 2,147 | 80.3% | 5.5 min | 0.7% |
| OGG–SEA | Kahului to Seattle | 1,809 | 78.8% | -1.5 min | 1.4% |
| OGG–SFO | Kahului to San Francisco | 1,702 | 89.5% | -5.9 min | 0.8% |
| OGG–KOA | Kahului to Kona | 1,460 | 80.2% | 6.8 min | 0.1% |
| OGG–LIH | Kahului to Lihue | 1,460 | 74.9% | 9.3 min | 0.0% |
| OGG–SAN | Kahului to San Diego | 877 | 76.3% | 1.8 min | 1.5% |
| OGG–PHX | Kahului to Phoenix | 856 | 93.1% | -6.2 min | 0.2% |
All 22 routes and the airport record for OGG · airport record for ORD
Questions and answers
How often are flights from Kahului to Chicago on time?
87.0% of the 138 flights scheduled from OGG to ORD in the 12 months to July 2026 arrived less than 15 minutes after their scheduled time. The national share for the same period was 76.0%. Cancelled and diverted flights count as not on time.
Which airline has the highest on-time share from OGG to ORD?
United Airlines is the only reporting carrier with at least 60 flights on the route in the period, so there is no comparison to make.
What causes delays between Kahului and Chicago?
For flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late, carriers attributed the delay minutes as follows: late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 45%, national aviation system 6%, extreme weather 0%, security 0%. The categories are the carriers' own reports to BTS; weather that slows the wider system is usually recorded under the National Aviation System rather than extreme weather.
What time of day has the highest on-time share from OGG?
Too few departure hours carry enough flights on this route to compare them.
Is it getting better?
The on-time share for the 12 months to July 2026 was 87.0%, about level with the previous 12 months (87.1%). The monthly chart on this page shows each of the last 36 months.
Where does this data come from?
Every figure is computed from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance files, which list each scheduled domestic flight by the carriers required to report. This page covers August 2023 to July 2026. It shows totals and averages only; it is not a live flight-status service.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (1987 to present), monthly files August 2023 to July 2026, a US government work in the public domain. Figures are totals and averages over all scheduled flights by reporting carriers on the route; no individual flight or aircraft is identified. Times are local to the departure airport. The load factor and passenger counts from the BTS T-100 series are not included in this edition. See the methodology; report processing errors through corrections.