Flights Bozeman → Chicago
BZN → ORD
Route overview
The flight route from Bozeman to Chicago operates with a Canadair Regional Jet 700 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 76%. Over the course of its operation, it averages a delay of approximately 21.8 minutes per flight, based on a total of 259 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 Bozeman (BZN) → Chicago (ORD) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 335 flights monitored in recent months, 76% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 33 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.49%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.9/100 (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 Bozeman the average ATFM delay is 3.4 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Bozeman (BZN) to Chicago (ORD) heads east for about 1,903 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 48m.
Departures from Bozeman on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 64% of BZN-ORD flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Bozeman the average ATFM delay is 3.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 335 tracked BZN-ORD flights, 76% left on time with an average delay of 33 min and a 1.5% 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 BZN-ORD
On the Bozeman (BZN) -> Chicago (ORD) route, on-time performance is 76% with an average delay of 33 minutes, based on 335 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Bozeman-Chicago is 1.49% across 335 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.
