Flights Columbia → Chicago
COU → ORD
Route overview
The flight route from Columbia to Chicago operates with an average on-time performance rate of 78%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 16.4 minutes. Over the course of a year, there are 541 scheduled flights using Embraer RJ145 and RJ140 aircraft, serving a destination airport that handles approximately 80,071,737 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 Columbia (COU) → Chicago (ORD) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 603 flights monitored in recent months, 77% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 19 minutes. The cancellation rate is 5.97%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Columbia the average ATFM delay is 4.2 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Columbia (COU) to Chicago (ORD) heads north-east for about 507 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 3m.
Departures from Columbia on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 49% of COU-ORD flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Columbia the average ATFM delay is 4.2 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 603 tracked COU-ORD flights, 77% left on time with an average delay of 19 min and a 6.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about COU-ORD
On the Columbia (COU) -> Chicago (ORD) route, on-time performance is 77% with an average delay of 19 minutes, based on 603 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Columbia-Chicago is 5.97% across 603 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
