ORD to HSV flight delays
Chicago, IL (ORD) Huntsville, AL (HSV) · 510 miles
1,131 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
66.27%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
3.54%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
103 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
36 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In May it ran 39.5 points more punctual than in December — 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: 3.54% 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.
This is a late route. Flights from Chicago to Huntsville miss their scheduled arrival often enough that a tight connection at the far end is a connection at risk.
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.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, SkyWest Airlines arrived on time most often on ORD to HSV. Flights ran closest to schedule in May and worst in December.
Every airline on ORD to HSV
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 | 1,115 | 66.32% | 3.59% | 104 min | F |
| Envoy Air | 16 | 62.5% | 0% | 76 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
HSV to ORD Huntsville back to Chicago 68.13% on time FOther routes from Chicago
Common questions
Are flights from Chicago to Huntsville usually delayed?
66.27% of flights on the ORD to HSV 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 Huntsville?
Only SkyWest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 1,115 flights and 66.32% arriving on time.
How often are ORD to HSV flights cancelled?
3.54% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 35 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 Huntsville?
May, when 86.7% of flights arrived on time. The worst was December at 47.2%.
When ORD to HSV flights are late, how late are they?
About 103 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 HSV 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 →