Flights Chicago → Austin
ORD → AUS
Route overview
The flight route from Chicago to Austin operates with a mix of aircraft including the McDonnell Douglas MD-83, Airbus A319, and Airbus A320. With 810 total flights recorded, it has an on-time performance rate of 74%, averaging delays of approximately 19.9 minutes per flight, serving a destination airport that sees over 21 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) → Austin (AUS) route is operated by American Airlines, United Airlines. Across 1036 flights monitored in recent months, 72% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 22 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.70%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 28.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Austin the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Austin: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (ORD) to Austin (AUS) heads south-west for about 1,574 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 23m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 40% of ORD-AUS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Austin it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,036 tracked ORD-AUS flights, 72% left on time with an average delay of 22 min and a 2.7% 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 ORD-AUS
On the Chicago (ORD) -> Austin (AUS) route, on-time performance is 72% with an average delay of 22 minutes, based on 1036 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Austin is 2.70% across 1036 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.
