ORD to FOD flight delays
Chicago, IL (ORD) Fort Dodge, IA (FOD) · 324 miles
1,158 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
75.81%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.94%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
71 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
18 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In September it ran 47.9 points more punctual than in June — 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.
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 2.94% 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.
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 Fort Dodge 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 FOD. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in July.
Every airline on ORD to FOD
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 | 1,158 | 75.81% | 2.94% | 71 min | D |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
FOD to ORD Fort Dodge back to Chicago 76.64% on time DOther routes from Chicago
Common questions
Are flights from Chicago to Fort Dodge usually delayed?
75.81% of flights on the ORD to FOD 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 airlines fly from Chicago to Fort Dodge?
Only SkyWest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 1,158 flights and 75.81% arriving on time.
How often are ORD to FOD flights cancelled?
2.94% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 29 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Chicago to Fort Dodge?
September, when 90.2% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 42.3%.
When ORD to FOD flights are late, how late are they?
About 71 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 FOD 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 →