Flights Chicago → Burlington
ORD → BTV
Route overview
The flight route from Chicago to Burlington operates with a Canadair Regional Jet 700 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 73%, with an average delay of 17.8 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 258 flights serving the destination airport which handles around 1.2 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) → Burlington (BTV) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 319 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.25%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Burlington the average ATFM delay is 5.3 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Burlington: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (ORD) to Burlington (BTV) heads east for about 1,225 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 57m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 45% of ORD-BTV flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Burlington it is 5.3 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 319 tracked ORD-BTV flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 16 min and a 1.3% 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% |
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Frequently asked questions about ORD-BTV
On the Chicago (ORD) -> Burlington (BTV) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 319 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Burlington is 1.25% across 319 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.
