Flights Chicago → Lansing
ORD → LAN
Route overview
The flight route from Chicago to Lansing has a 75% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 14.1 minutes when flights are not on time. The destination airport in Lansing opened in 1928 and currently handles around 310,369 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) → Lansing (LAN) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 215 flights monitored in recent months, 70% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 19 minutes. The cancellation rate is 5.58%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Lansing the average ATFM delay is 3.2 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Lansing: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (ORD) to Lansing (LAN) heads east for about 287 km, a flight time of roughly 47m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 48% of ORD-LAN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Lansing it is 3.2 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 215 tracked ORD-LAN flights, 70% left on time with an average delay of 19 min and a 5.6% 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-LAN
On the Chicago (ORD) -> Lansing (LAN) route, on-time performance is 70% with an average delay of 19 minutes, based on 215 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Lansing is 5.58% across 215 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.
