Flights Chicago → Charlottesville VA
ORD → CHO
Route overview
The flight route from Chicago to Charlottesville, Virginia, has a moderate on-time performance rate of 68%, with an average delay of 33.6 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 345 flights serving a destination airport that handles around 593,000 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) → Charlottesville VA (CHO) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 376 flights monitored in recent months, 68% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 33 minutes. The cancellation rate is 6.91%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 37.2/100 (high), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Charlottesville VA the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Charlottesville VA: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (ORD) to Charlottesville VA (CHO) heads south-east for about 910 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 33m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 46% of ORD-CHO flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Charlottesville VA it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 376 tracked ORD-CHO flights, 68% left on time with an average delay of 33 min and a 6.9% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about ORD-CHO
On the Chicago (ORD) -> Charlottesville VA (CHO) route, on-time performance is 68% with an average delay of 33 minutes, based on 376 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Charlottesville VA is 6.91% across 376 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
