Flights Chicago → Eau Claire
ORD → EAU
Route overview
The flight route from Chicago to Eau Claire has a moderate on-time performance rate of 71%, with an average delay time of 35.2 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 152 flights serving the relatively low-traffic destination airport which handles around 48,536 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) → Eau Claire (EAU) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 152 flights monitored in recent months, 71% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 35 minutes. The cancellation rate is 10.53%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Eau Claire the average ATFM delay is 5.0 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Eau Claire: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (ORD) to Eau Claire (EAU) heads north-west for about 432 km, a flight time of roughly 58m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 59% of ORD-EAU flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Eau Claire it is 5.0 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 152 tracked ORD-EAU flights, 71% left on time with an average delay of 35 min and a 10.5% 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% |
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Frequently asked questions about ORD-EAU
On the Chicago (ORD) -> Eau Claire (EAU) route, on-time performance is 71% with an average delay of 35 minutes, based on 152 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Eau Claire is 10.53% across 152 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.
