ALB to ORD flight delays
Albany, NY (ALB) Chicago, IL (ORD) · 723 miles
2,303 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
76.6%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.65%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
84 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
21 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Envoy Air arrived on time 9.3 points more often than Republic Airways over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 2.65% 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 May it ran 25.6 points more punctual than in July — 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 Albany to Chicago route sits close to the middle of the record — neither notably punctual nor notably late.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Envoy Air arrived on time most often on ALB to ORD. Republic Airways was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in May and worst in July.
Every airline on ALB 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | 756 | 76.42% | 1.85% | 95 min | C |
| Envoy Air | 756 | 81.14% | 2.12% | 83 min | C |
| Republic Airways | 587 | 71.81% | 4.43% | 74 min | F |
| SkyWest Airlines | 204 | 73.87% | 2.45% | 82 min | D |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
ORD to ALB Chicago back to Albany 75.69% on time DOther routes from Albany
Common questions
Are flights from Albany to Chicago usually delayed?
76.6% of flights on the ALB to ORD route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Albany to Chicago?
Envoy Air, at 81.14% on time across 756 flights. The least punctual on the route was Republic Airways at 71.81%.
How often are ALB to ORD flights cancelled?
2.65% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 27 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Albany to Chicago?
May, when 89% of flights arrived on time. The worst was July at 63.4%.
When ALB to ORD flights are late, how late are they?
About 84 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 ALB 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 →