Flights Chicago → Boston
ORD → BOS
Route overview
The flight route from Chicago to Boston sees a moderate on-time performance with 72% of flights arriving on schedule, though the average delay is 19.1 minutes. Over the course of a year, this busy route accommodates 1742 flights using various aircraft models including Boeing and Airbus variants, serving a destination airport that handles nearly 36 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) → Boston (BOS) route is operated by American Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Spirit Airlines, United Airlines. Across 2208 flights monitored in recent months, 72% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 20 minutes. The cancellation rate is 5.25%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Boston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Boston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (ORD) to Boston (BOS) heads east for about 1,391 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 10m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 40% of ORD-BOS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Boston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 2,208 tracked ORD-BOS flights, 72% left on time with an average delay of 20 min and a 5.3% 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% |
| Spirit Airlines (NK) | 74% | 10 min | 1.5% |
| JetBlue Airways (B6) | 72% | 14 min | 1.7% |
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Frequently asked questions about ORD-BOS
On the Chicago (ORD) -> Boston (BOS) route, on-time performance is 72% with an average delay of 20 minutes, based on 2208 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Boston is 5.25% across 2208 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 4 airlines: American Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Spirit 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.
