Flights Chicago → Springfield
ORD → SPI
Route overview
The flight route from Chicago to Springfield has a 76% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 17.7 minutes when flights are not on time. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 169 flights, serving the relatively busy destination airport which handles around 186,538 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) → Springfield (SPI) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 229 flights monitored in recent months, 67% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 24 minutes. The cancellation rate is 7.42%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Springfield the average ATFM delay is 2.4 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Springfield: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (ORD) to Springfield (SPI) heads south-west for about 280 km, a flight time of roughly 46m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 50% of ORD-SPI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Springfield it is 2.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 229 tracked ORD-SPI flights, 67% left on time with an average delay of 24 min and a 7.4% 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-SPI
On the Chicago (ORD) -> Springfield (SPI) route, on-time performance is 67% with an average delay of 24 minutes, based on 229 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Springfield is 7.42% across 229 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.
