Flights Chicago → State College Pennsylvania
ORD → SCE
Route overview
The flight route from Chicago to State College, Pennsylvania, operates with a moderate on-time performance rate of 72%, experiencing an average delay of 27.9 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, approximately 408 flights travel this route, serving the destination airport which handles around 387,068 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) → State College Pennsylvania (SCE) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 475 flights monitored in recent months, 72% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 27 minutes. The cancellation rate is 5.47%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At State College Pennsylvania 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 State College Pennsylvania: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (ORD) to State College Pennsylvania (SCE) heads east for about 847 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 29m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 36% of ORD-SCE flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into State College Pennsylvania it is 4.0 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 475 tracked ORD-SCE flights, 72% left on time with an average delay of 27 min and a 5.5% 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-SCE
On the Chicago (ORD) -> State College Pennsylvania (SCE) route, on-time performance is 72% with an average delay of 27 minutes, based on 475 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-State College Pennsylvania is 5.47% across 475 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.
