Flights South Bend → Chicago
SBN → ORD
Route overview
The flight route from South Bend to Chicago operates with a high frequency of 703 flights, featuring aircraft such as the Canadair Regional Jet 700 and Embraer 170. With an on-time performance rate of 72%, these flights experience an average delay of 28.5 minutes, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic at 80,071,737 passengers per year.
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 South Bend (SBN) → Chicago (ORD) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 850 flights monitored in recent months, 72% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 29 minutes. The cancellation rate is 8.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 27.8/100 (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 South Bend the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from South Bend (SBN) to Chicago (ORD) heads west for about 135 km, a flight time of roughly 35m.
Departures from South Bend on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 49% of SBN-ORD flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing South Bend the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 850 tracked SBN-ORD flights, 72% left on time with an average delay of 29 min and a 8.0% 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 SBN-ORD
On the South Bend (SBN) -> Chicago (ORD) route, on-time performance is 72% with an average delay of 29 minutes, based on 850 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on South Bend-Chicago is 8.00% across 850 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.
