Flights Harrisburg → Chicago
MDT → ORD
Route overview
The flight route from Harrisburg to Chicago operates with a high frequency of 670 flights, featuring aircraft such as the Canadair Regional Jet 700, Embraer RJ140, Airbus A320, and Airbus A319. With an on-time performance rate of 76%, these flights experience an average delay of 26.4 minutes, serving a destination airport that sees over 80 million 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 Harrisburg (MDT) → Chicago (ORD) route is operated by American Airlines, United Airlines. Across 778 flights monitored in recent months, 76% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 25 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.60%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.6/100 (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 Harrisburg the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Harrisburg (MDT) to Chicago (ORD) heads west for about 954 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 37m.
Departures from Harrisburg on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 37% of MDT-ORD flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Harrisburg the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 778 tracked MDT-ORD flights, 76% left on time with an average delay of 25 min and a 3.6% 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% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about MDT-ORD
On the Harrisburg (MDT) -> Chicago (ORD) route, on-time performance is 76% with an average delay of 25 minutes, based on 778 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Harrisburg-Chicago is 3.60% across 778 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, 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.
