Flights Lansing → Chicago
LAN → ORD
Route overview
This flight route connects Lansing with Chicago and has an on-time performance rate of 84%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 25 minutes. Over the past year, there have been 170 total flights on this route, originating from Lansing's airport which opened in 1928, heading towards one of the busiest airports in the world, serving 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 Lansing (LAN) → Chicago (ORD) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 215 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 31 minutes. The cancellation rate is 6.05%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.1/100 (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 Lansing the average ATFM delay is 3.2 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Lansing (LAN) to Chicago (ORD) heads west for about 287 km, a flight time of roughly 47m.
Departures from Lansing on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 56% of LAN-ORD flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Lansing the average ATFM delay is 3.2 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 215 tracked LAN-ORD flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 31 min and a 6.0% 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 LAN-ORD
On the Lansing (LAN) -> Chicago (ORD) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 31 minutes, based on 215 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Lansing-Chicago is 6.05% across 215 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.
