ORD to LAF flight delays
Chicago, IL (ORD) Lafayette, IN (LAF) · 119 miles
518 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
68.48%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
3.86%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
116 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
37 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In November it ran 33.2 points more punctual than in April — 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: 3.86% 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 two directions do not behave alike. LAF to ORD arrives on time 6 points more 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.
This route does worse than its own airport. ORD as a whole runs 7 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.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over July 2024 – July 2026, SkyWest Airlines arrived on time most often on ORD to LAF. Flights ran closest to schedule in November and worst in April.
Every airline on ORD to LAF
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 | 518 | 68.48% | 3.86% | 116 min | F |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
LAF to ORD Lafayette back to Chicago 74.45% on time DOther routes from Chicago
Common questions
Are flights from Chicago to Lafayette usually delayed?
68.48% of flights on the ORD to LAF 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 Lafayette?
Only SkyWest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 518 flights and 68.48% arriving on time.
How often are ORD to LAF flights cancelled?
3.86% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 39 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 Lafayette?
November, when 79.5% of flights arrived on time. The worst was April at 46.3%.
When ORD to LAF flights are late, how late are they?
About 116 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 LAF 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 →