Flights Akron → Chicago
CAK → ORD
Route overview
The flight route from Akron to Chicago operates with a moderate on-time performance rate of 74%, experiencing an average delay of 31.8 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 535 flights depart from Akron-Canton Airport, which opened in 1946, heading towards one of the busiest airports in the world serving nearly 80 million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Akron (CAK) → Chicago (ORD) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 620 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 33 minutes. The cancellation rate is 8.71%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Akron the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Akron (CAK) to Chicago (ORD) heads west for about 551 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 7m.
Departures from Akron on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 39% of CAK-ORD flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Akron the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 620 tracked CAK-ORD flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 33 min and a 8.7% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about CAK-ORD
On the Akron (CAK) -> Chicago (ORD) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 33 minutes, based on 620 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Akron-Chicago is 8.71% across 620 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
