Flights Traverse City → Chicago
TVC → ORD
How long is the flight from Traverse City to Chicago?
The flight from Traverse City (TVC) to Chicago (ORD) takes 48 min on average. That is the median time recorded across 3 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
The flight route from Traverse City to Chicago operates with an average on-time performance rate of 76%, experiencing a mean delay of 25.8 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 752 flights using Embraer RJ140 and RJ145 aircraft, serving a destination airport that handles nearly 80 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 Traverse City (TVC) → Chicago (ORD) route is operated by American Airlines, United Airlines. Across 2068 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 20 minutes. The cancellation rate is 6.09%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Chicago the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Traverse City the average ATFM delay is 6.4 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Traverse City (TVC) to Chicago (ORD) heads south-west for about 360 km, a flight time of roughly 48m.
Departures from Traverse City on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 44% of TVC-ORD flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Traverse City the average ATFM delay is 6.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Chicago it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 2,068 tracked TVC-ORD flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 20 min and a 6.1% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 83% | 5 min | 1.3% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 79% | 6 min | 1.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about TVC-ORD
The flight from Traverse City (TVC) to Chicago (ORD) takes 48 min on average. That is the median time recorded across 3 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Traverse City (TVC) -> Chicago (ORD) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 20 minutes, based on 2068 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Traverse City-Chicago is 6.09% across 2068 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.
