Flights Duluth → Chicago
DLH → ORD
Route overview
The flight route from Duluth to Chicago has a 74% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 33.4 minutes when flights are not on time. Over the course of a year, this route sees 319 total flights, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic, which handles approximately 80,071,737 passengers yearly.
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 Duluth (DLH) → Chicago (ORD) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 381 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 35 minutes. The cancellation rate is 7.35%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 29.1/100 (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 Duluth the average ATFM delay is 5.7 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Duluth (DLH) to Chicago (ORD) heads south-east for about 639 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 13m.
Departures from Duluth on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 52% of DLH-ORD flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Duluth the average ATFM delay is 5.7 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 381 tracked DLH-ORD flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 35 min and a 7.3% 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 DLH-ORD
On the Duluth (DLH) -> Chicago (ORD) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 35 minutes, based on 381 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Duluth-Chicago is 7.35% across 381 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.
