Flights Cedar Rapids → Chicago
CID → ORD
Route overview
The flight route from Cedar Rapids to Chicago operates with a mix of aircraft including the Embraer RJ145, Canadair Regional Jet 700, and Embraer 170. With 967 total flights recorded, the route maintains an on-time performance rate of 74%, experiencing an average delay of 26 minutes per flight, serving a destination airport that handles over 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 Cedar Rapids (CID) → Chicago (ORD) route is operated by American Airlines, United Airlines. Across 1143 flights monitored in recent months, 71% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 32 minutes. The cancellation rate is 6.65%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25/100 (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 Cedar Rapids the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Cedar Rapids (CID) to Chicago (ORD) heads east for about 315 km, a flight time of roughly 49m.
Departures from Cedar Rapids on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 42% of CID-ORD flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Cedar Rapids the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,143 tracked CID-ORD flights, 71% left on time with an average delay of 32 min and a 6.7% 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% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about CID-ORD
On the Cedar Rapids (CID) -> Chicago (ORD) route, on-time performance is 71% with an average delay of 32 minutes, based on 1143 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Cedar Rapids-Chicago is 6.65% across 1143 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, 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.
