Flights Chicago → Allentown
ORD → ABE
Route overview
The flight route from Chicago to Allentown operates with an Embraer RJ145 aircraft and has a total of 254 flights annually. With 68% of these flights arriving on time, the average delay for delayed flights is approximately 25 minutes. The destination airport serves around 868,014 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 Chicago (ORD) → Allentown (ABE) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 293 flights monitored in recent months, 69% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 24 minutes. The cancellation rate is 7.85%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 31.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Allentown the average ATFM delay is 4.0 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Allentown: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (ORD) to Allentown (ABE) heads east for about 1,050 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 44m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 41% of ORD-ABE flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Allentown it is 4.0 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 293 tracked ORD-ABE flights, 69% left on time with an average delay of 24 min and a 7.8% 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 ORD-ABE
On the Chicago (ORD) -> Allentown (ABE) route, on-time performance is 69% with an average delay of 24 minutes, based on 293 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Allentown is 7.85% across 293 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.
