Flights Chicago → Anchorage
ORD → ANC
Route overview
The flight route from Chicago to Anchorage operates with a Boeing 737-800 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 71%. Over the course of the year, there have been 58 flights along this route, each experiencing an average delay of 19.7 minutes. The destination airport serves approximately 4.9 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 Chicago (ORD) → Anchorage (ANC) route is operated by Alaska Airlines, United Airlines. Across 68 flights monitored in recent months, 71% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 22 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.47%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Anchorage the average ATFM delay is 0.9 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Anchorage: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (ORD) to Anchorage (ANC) heads north-west for about 4,568 km, a flight time of roughly 6h 8m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 97% of ORD-ANC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Anchorage it is 0.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 68 tracked ORD-ANC flights, 71% left on time with an average delay of 22 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% |
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about ORD-ANC
On the Chicago (ORD) -> Anchorage (ANC) route, on-time performance is 71% with an average delay of 22 minutes, based on 68 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Anchorage is 1.47% across 68 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Alaska 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.
