Flights Palm Springs → Chicago
PSP → ORD
Route overview
The flight route from Palm Springs to Chicago operates with a fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-83 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 76%. Over the course of a year, it records an average delay of 29.2 minutes per flight, based on 353 total flights, serving one of the world's busiest airports in Chicago, which handles nearly 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 Palm Springs (PSP) → Chicago (ORD) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 415 flights monitored in recent months, 77% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 26 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.93%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.7/100 (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 Palm Springs the average ATFM delay is 3.9 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Palm Springs (PSP) to Chicago (ORD) heads north-east for about 2,653 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 44m.
Departures from Palm Springs on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 78% of PSP-ORD flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Palm Springs the average ATFM delay is 3.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 415 tracked PSP-ORD flights, 77% left on time with an average delay of 26 min and a 1.9% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about PSP-ORD
On the Palm Springs (PSP) -> Chicago (ORD) route, on-time performance is 77% with an average delay of 26 minutes, based on 415 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Palm Springs-Chicago is 1.93% across 415 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
