Flights Greensboro → Chicago
GSO → ORD
Route overview
The flight route from Greensboro to Chicago operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 82%. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 453 flights, each typically using either Canadair Regional Jet 700 or Embraer RJ145 aircraft. The destination airport serves over 80 million passengers annually, indicating its significance as a major travel hub.
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 Greensboro (GSO) → Chicago (ORD) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 546 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 17 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.03%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.6/100 (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 Greensboro the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Greensboro (GSO) to Chicago (ORD) heads north-west for about 948 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 36m.
Departures from Greensboro on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 43% of GSO-ORD flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Greensboro the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 546 tracked GSO-ORD flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 17 min and a 4.0% 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 GSO-ORD
On the Greensboro (GSO) -> Chicago (ORD) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 17 minutes, based on 546 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Greensboro-Chicago is 4.03% across 546 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.
