Flights Saginaw → Chicago
MBS → ORD
Route overview
The flight route from Saginaw to Chicago has a moderate on-time performance with 67% of flights arriving as scheduled. On average, flights experience delays of about 36 minutes, and the route sees approximately 266 total flights annually. The destination airport in Chicago handles an exceptionally high volume of passengers each year, totaling 80,071,737.
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 Saginaw (MBS) → Chicago (ORD) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 348 flights monitored in recent months, 64% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 37 minutes. The cancellation rate is 7.76%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.7/100 (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 Saginaw the average ATFM delay is 4.9 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Saginaw (MBS) to Chicago (ORD) heads south-west for about 357 km, a flight time of roughly 52m.
Departures from Saginaw on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 34% of MBS-ORD flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Saginaw the average ATFM delay is 4.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 348 tracked MBS-ORD flights, 64% left on time with an average delay of 37 min and a 7.8% 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 MBS-ORD
On the Saginaw (MBS) -> Chicago (ORD) route, on-time performance is 64% with an average delay of 37 minutes, based on 348 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Saginaw-Chicago is 7.76% across 348 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.
