Flights Charlotte → Chicago
CLT → ORD
Route overview
The flight route from Charlotte to Chicago operates with a high frequency of 1,079 flights annually and features an on-time performance rate of 76%, with the average delay being approximately 19.3 minutes. The aircraft used for this route include Airbus A321, Airbus A320, Canadair Regional Jet 900, Embraer 190, and Airbus A319, serving a destination airport that handles over eighty million passengers per year.
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 Charlotte (CLT) → Chicago (ORD) route is operated by American Airlines, United Airlines. Across 1447 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 20 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.63%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 27.4/100 (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 Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Charlotte (CLT) to Chicago (ORD) heads north-west for about 965 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 38m.
Departures from Charlotte on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 36% of CLT-ORD flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,447 tracked CLT-ORD flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 20 min and a 2.6% 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 CLT-ORD
On the Charlotte (CLT) -> Chicago (ORD) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 20 minutes, based on 1447 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Charlotte-Chicago is 2.63% across 1447 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.
