Flights Chicago → Scranton
ORD → AVP
Route overview
The flight route from Chicago to Scranton has a punctuality rate of 68%, with an average delay of 24.8 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 402 flights, serving the relatively low traffic destination airport in Scranton which handles around 577,946 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) → Scranton (AVP) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 448 flights monitored in recent months, 69% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 27 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.57%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 32.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Scranton the average ATFM delay is 4.0 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Scranton: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (ORD) to Scranton (AVP) heads east for about 1,014 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 41m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 46% of ORD-AVP flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Scranton it is 4.0 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 448 tracked ORD-AVP flights, 69% left on time with an average delay of 27 min and a 3.6% 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-AVP
On the Chicago (ORD) -> Scranton (AVP) route, on-time performance is 69% with an average delay of 27 minutes, based on 448 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Scranton is 3.57% across 448 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.
