Flights Philadelphia → Chicago
PHL → ORD
Route overview
The flight route from Philadelphia to Chicago operates with a high level of punctuality, with 81% of flights arriving on time. The average delay for the remaining flights is approximately 23 minutes. This busy route sees around eleven thousand six hundred and eleven annual departures and serves one of the world's busiest airports by passenger traffic, which handles over eighty million passengers yearly. A variety of aircraft types are used to accommodate this high volume, including Airbus A320s, A319s, A321s, Embraer 190s, Boeing 737-800s, 737-900s, 757-200s, and 737-700s.
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 Philadelphia (PHL) → Chicago (ORD) route is operated by American Airlines, United Airlines. Across 1459 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 23 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.63%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 27/100 (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 Philadelphia the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Philadelphia (PHL) to Chicago (ORD) heads west for about 1,088 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 47m.
Departures from Philadelphia on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 42% of PHL-ORD flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Philadelphia the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,459 tracked PHL-ORD flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 23 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 PHL-ORD
On the Philadelphia (PHL) -> Chicago (ORD) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 23 minutes, based on 1459 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Philadelphia-Chicago is 3.63% across 1459 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.
