ORD to CID flight delays
ORD CID Chicago O'Hare to The Eastern Iowa · 196 miles
6,884 flights were scheduled from ORD to CID over July 2023 through June 2026. Of the 6,697 that made the trip, 71.7% reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. These are arrival figures: “on time” means the flight reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Arrivals are what decide whether you make the connection, so route and airline pages are scored on them rather than on pushback.
Data through June 2026 · Bureau of Transportation Statistics
The route in brief
- Flights in the window
- 6,884
- Arrived on time
- 71.7%
- Cancelled
- 2.5%
- Scheduled distance
- 196 miles
Cancellations are counted against everything scheduled. Diverted flights are counted with them rather than as very late arrivals, which is why the on-time share and the cancellation rate do not add up to everything that happened.
Airline by airline
Airlines with at least 100 flights on ORD–CID, busiest first. Same route, same weather, same air traffic — which makes this the fairest comparison on the site.
| Airline | Arrived on time | Typical delay | Cancelled | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 71.8% | 88 min | 2.7% | 2,392 |
| Envoy Air | 74.5% | 63 min | 2% | 2,254 |
| United Airlines | 63.9% | 81 min | 1.7% | 1,182 |
| Republic Airways | 79.9% | 67 min | 3.9% | 866 |
| American Airlines | 48.6% | 106 min | 4.2% | 189 |
Month by month
July was the month to avoid on ORD–CID: 61.5% of flights arrived on time, against 79.7% in October. Each bar pools three years of that calendar month.
| Month | Share flights that arrived on time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| January | 68.5% | 556 |
| February | 72.9% | 512 |
| March | 71.7% | 553 |
| April | 70.2% | 623 |
| May | 69.2% | 699 |
| June | 69.1% | 599 |
| July | 61.5% | 545 |
| August | 71.5% | 596 |
| September | 79.4% | 565 |
| October | 79.7% | 601 |
| November | 77.1% | 531 |
| December | 69.3% | 504 |
Both ends of the route
A route’s record is built out of two airports’ habits. The hour-by-hour grid for each is on its own page.
ORD to CID in one number
ORD → CID
When a flight on this route was late, it was late by about 78 min.
Questions about ORD to CID
- Which airline is most reliable from ORD to CID?
- Republic Airways — its flights on this pairing arrived on time 79.9% of the time, with 866 scheduled. American Airlines came in at 48.6% over 189 scheduled. Airlines with fewer than 100 flights on the route are not rated.
- What is the worst month to fly ORD to CID?
- July, at 61.5% of arrivals on time, with 545 flights scheduled. October was the best of the year at 79.7%.
- How late are ORD–CID flights when they are late?
- 78 min on average, counting only the flights that arrived 15 minutes or more behind schedule. The on-time flights are left out of that average on purpose — mixing them in would flatter it.
- How often is the ORD to CID flight cancelled?
- 2.5% of scheduled flights on this route were cancelled, July 2023 through June 2026. Diverted flights are counted with the cancellations rather than as late arrivals.
- Are these departure or arrival numbers?
- Arrival. A flight counts as on time here if it reached the gate at CID less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Airport pages score departures instead, because that is the number you can act on when you pick a booking time.