Flights Sarasota → Chicago
SRQ → ORD
Route overview
The flight route from Sarasota to Chicago operates with a high level of punctuality, with 79% of flights arriving on time. Over the past year, there have been 400 total flights on this route, experiencing an average delay of 15.9 minutes when delays do occur. The aircraft used for these flights include Boeing 737-800 and Airbus A319/A320 models, serving a destination airport that handles over eighty 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 Sarasota (SRQ) → Chicago (ORD) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 498 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 24 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.61%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 13.1/100 (low), 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 Sarasota the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Sarasota (SRQ) to Chicago (ORD) heads north for about 1,693 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 32m.
Departures from Sarasota on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 57% of SRQ-ORD flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Sarasota the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 498 tracked SRQ-ORD flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 24 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% |
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Frequently asked questions about SRQ-ORD
On the Sarasota (SRQ) -> Chicago (ORD) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 24 minutes, based on 498 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Sarasota-Chicago is 3.61% across 498 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.
