Flights San Antonio → Chicago
SAT → ORD
Route overview
The flight route from San Antonio to Chicago operates with an 85% on-time performance rate and an average delay of 8 minutes. Over the past year, this route has seen 499 flights using either Embraer 175 or Canadair Regional Jet 700 aircraft, serving a destination airport that annually handles over 80 million passengers.
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 San Antonio (SAT) → Chicago (ORD) route is operated by American Airlines, United Airlines. Across 607 flights monitored in recent months, 85% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.28%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.9/100 (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 San Antonio the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from San Antonio (SAT) to Chicago (ORD) heads north-east for about 1,677 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 31m.
Departures from San Antonio on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 57% of SAT-ORD flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing San Antonio the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 607 tracked SAT-ORD flights, 85% left on time with an average delay of 8 min and a 4.3% 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 SAT-ORD
On the San Antonio (SAT) -> Chicago (ORD) route, on-time performance is 85% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 607 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on San Antonio-Chicago is 4.28% across 607 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.
