ORD to CIU flight delays
Chicago, IL (ORD) Sault Ste. Marie, MI (CIU) · 341 miles
162 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
72.5%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.62%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
57 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
17 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The two directions do not behave alike. CIU to ORD arrives on time 15.2 points less often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
Only SkyWest Airlines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Flights from Chicago to Sault Ste. Marie run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over July 2024 – July 2026, SkyWest Airlines arrived on time most often on ORD to CIU. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in July.
Every airline on ORD to CIU
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 | 162 | 72.5% | 0.62% | 57 min | D |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
CIU to ORD Sault Ste. Marie back to Chicago 57.32% on time FOther routes from Chicago
Common questions
Are flights from Chicago to Sault Ste. Marie usually delayed?
72.5% of flights on the ORD to CIU 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 Chicago to Sault Ste. Marie?
Only SkyWest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 162 flights and 72.5% arriving on time.
How often are ORD to CIU flights cancelled?
0.62% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 6 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When ORD to CIU flights are late, how late are they?
About 57 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 ORD to CIU during July 2024 – July 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 →