ORD to LSE flight delays
Chicago, IL (ORD) La Crosse, WI (LSE) · 215 miles
1,049 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
75.6%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
4.48%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
59 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
15 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 4.48% 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 season swings this route hard. In November it ran 32.8 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.
The two directions do not behave alike. LSE to ORD arrives on time 5.9 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.
Only Envoy Air 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, Envoy Air arrived on time most often on ORD to LSE. Flights ran closest to schedule in November and worst in December.
Every airline on ORD to LSE
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Envoy Air | 1,049 | 75.6% | 4.48% | 59 min | D |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
LSE to ORD La Crosse back to Chicago 81.5% on time DOther routes from Chicago
Common questions
Are flights from Chicago to La Crosse usually delayed?
75.6% of flights on the ORD to LSE 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 La Crosse?
Only Envoy Air appears in the published record on this route, with 1,049 flights and 75.6% arriving on time.
How often are ORD to LSE flights cancelled?
4.48% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 45 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 La Crosse?
November, when 87% of flights arrived on time. The worst was December at 54.2%.
When ORD to LSE flights are late, how late are they?
About 59 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 LSE 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 →