Flights Chicago → Winnipeg
ORD → YWG
How long is the flight from Chicago to Winnipeg?
The flight from Chicago (ORD) to Winnipeg (YWG) takes 1h 25m on average. That is the median time recorded across 2 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
The flight route connects Chicago to Winnipeg, serving a destination airport that sees over three million passengers annually. This busy air corridor facilitates travel between the Midwest of the United States and Canada's Manitoba province.
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) → Winnipeg (YWG) route is operated by Air Canada, United Airlines. Across 22 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 17 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Winnipeg the average ATFM delay is 3.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Chicago the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Winnipeg: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (ORD) to Winnipeg (YWG) heads north-west for about 1,138 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 25m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the evening window: about 59% of ORD-YWG flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Winnipeg it is 3.0 min (atfm).
Across 22 tracked ORD-YWG flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 17 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 83% | 5 min | 1.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about ORD-YWG
The flight from Chicago (ORD) to Winnipeg (YWG) takes 1h 25m on average. That is the median time recorded across 2 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Chicago (ORD) -> Winnipeg (YWG) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 17 minutes, based on 22 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Winnipeg is 0.00% across 22 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Air Canada, 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.
