Flights Manchester NH → Chicago
MHT → ORD
Route overview
The flight route from Manchester, New Hampshire to Chicago operates with a high on-time performance rate of 83%, with an average delay of just 7.4 minutes per flight. Over the past period, there have been 71 flights using Canadair Regional Jet 700 aircraft, departing from Manchester Airport, which opened in 1943, and arriving at a busy destination airport that serves approximately 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 Manchester NH (MHT) → Chicago (ORD) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 71 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.41%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.3/100 (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 Manchester NH the average ATFM delay is 2.8 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Manchester NH (MHT) to Chicago (ORD) heads west for about 1,353 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 7m.
Departures from Manchester NH on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 34% of MHT-ORD flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Manchester NH the average ATFM delay is 2.8 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 71 tracked MHT-ORD flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 7 min and a 1.4% 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 MHT-ORD
On the Manchester NH (MHT) -> Chicago (ORD) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 71 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Manchester NH-Chicago is 1.41% across 71 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.
