ABE to ORD flight delays
Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, PA (ABE) Chicago, IL (ORD) · 654 miles
357 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
72.78%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
4.48%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
134 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
38 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 4.48% of scheduled flights never operated. A late flight still gets you there. A cancelled one leaves you rebooking, and on a route with few daily departures that can mean losing a day.
The season swings this route hard. In October it ran 40 points more punctual than in March — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
The route has been getting worse. The later months run 11.2 points less punctual than the earlier ones. A drift of that size is rarely weather; it is more often an airline adding frequencies faster than the airports can absorb them.
This route does worse than its own airport. ABE as a whole runs 9.1 points more punctual than these flights, which points at something specific to the route — the time of day it is scheduled, or the aircraft that feed it — rather than the airport.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, SkyWest Airlines arrived on time most often on ABE to ORD. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in April.
Every airline on ABE to ORD
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 304 | 71.53% | 4.28% | 141 min | F |
| Envoy Air | 53 | 80% | 5.66% | 75 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
Other routes from Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton
Common questions
Are flights from Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Chicago usually delayed?
72.78% of flights on the ABE to ORD route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Chicago?
Only SkyWest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 304 flights and 71.53% arriving on time.
How often are ABE to ORD flights cancelled?
4.48% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 45 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton to Chicago?
October, when 92% of flights arrived on time. The worst was March at 52%.
When ABE to ORD flights are late, how late are they?
About 134 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on ABE to ORD during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →