Flights Appleton → Chicago
ATW → ORD
Route overview
The flight route from Appleton to Chicago operates with a fleet of Canadair Regional Jet 700 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 74%. Over the course of its operation, it experiences an average delay of 24.5 minutes per flight, based on a total of 958 flights recorded. The destination airport serves over 80 million passengers annually, indicating high traffic volume.
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 Appleton (ATW) → Chicago (ORD) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 1166 flights monitored in recent months, 72% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 28 minutes. The cancellation rate is 7.03%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 28.7/100 (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 Appleton the average ATFM delay is 6.6 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Appleton (ATW) to Chicago (ORD) heads south for about 258 km, a flight time of roughly 45m.
Departures from Appleton on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 45% of ATW-ORD flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Appleton the average ATFM delay is 6.6 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,166 tracked ATW-ORD flights, 72% left on time with an average delay of 28 min and a 7.0% 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 ATW-ORD
On the Appleton (ATW) -> Chicago (ORD) route, on-time performance is 72% with an average delay of 28 minutes, based on 1166 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Appleton-Chicago is 7.03% across 1166 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.
