GEG to ORD flight delays
Spokane, WA (GEG) Chicago, IL (ORD) · 1,498 miles
744 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
64.24%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.08%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
79 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
30 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. SkyWest Airlines arrived on time 9.3 points more often than American Airlines 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.
The season swings this route hard. In January it ran 23.7 points more punctual than in August — 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.
This route does worse than its own airport. GEG as a whole runs 20.3 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.
This is a late route. Flights from Spokane to Chicago miss their scheduled arrival often enough that a tight connection at the far end is a connection at risk.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, SkyWest Airlines arrived on time most often on GEG to ORD. American Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in January and worst in August.
Every airline on GEG 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 | 391 | 68.6% | 1.53% | 55 min | D |
| American Airlines | 351 | 59.25% | 0.57% | 100 min | F |
| United Airlines | 2 | 100% | 0% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
ORD to GEG Chicago back to Spokane 64.71% on time FOther routes from Spokane
Common questions
Are flights from Spokane to Chicago usually delayed?
64.24% of flights on the GEG to ORD route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 4 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Spokane to Chicago?
SkyWest Airlines, at 68.6% on time across 391 flights. The least punctual on the route was American Airlines at 59.25%.
How often are GEG to ORD flights cancelled?
1.08% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 11 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Spokane to Chicago?
January, when 77.5% of flights arrived on time. The worst was August at 53.8%.
When GEG to ORD flights are late, how late are they?
About 79 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 GEG 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 →