Flights Wassau → Chicago
CWA → ORD
Route overview
The flight route from Wausau to Chicago operates with an average on-time performance of 83%, experiencing a mean delay of 15.7 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 226 flights using Embraer RJ145 and RJ140 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 Wassau (CWA) → Chicago (ORD) route is operated by American Airlines, United Airlines. Across 288 flights monitored in recent months, 77% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 32 minutes. The cancellation rate is 5.90%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.4/100 (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 Wassau the average ATFM delay is 2.4 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Wassau (CWA) to Chicago (ORD) heads south-east for about 342 km, a flight time of roughly 51m.
Departures from Wassau on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 45% of CWA-ORD flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Wassau the average ATFM delay is 2.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 288 tracked CWA-ORD flights, 77% left on time with an average delay of 32 min and a 5.9% 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 CWA-ORD
On the Wassau (CWA) -> Chicago (ORD) route, on-time performance is 77% with an average delay of 32 minutes, based on 288 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Wassau-Chicago is 5.90% across 288 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.
