ORD to PSP flight delays
Chicago, IL (ORD) Palm Springs, CA (PSP) · 1,651 miles
787 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · the publishing regulator
69.53%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.29%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
78 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
25 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. United Airlines arrived on time 12.2 points more often than American Airlines over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
The season swings this route hard. In November it ran 19 points more punctual than in March — 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. PSP to ORD arrives on time 5.6 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.
Flights from Chicago to Palm Springs run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, United Airlines arrived on time most often on ORD to PSP. American Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in March.
Every airline on ORD to PSP
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 451 | 64.22% | 3.1% | 84 min | F |
| United Airlines | 335 | 76.44% | 1.19% | 66 min | C |
| SkyWest Airlines | 1 | 100% | 0% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
PSP to ORD Palm Springs back to Chicago 75.1% on time DOther routes from Chicago
Common questions
Are flights from Chicago to Palm Springs usually delayed?
69.53% of flights on the ORD to PSP 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 airline is most on time from Chicago to Palm Springs?
United Airlines, at 76.44% on time across 335 flights. The least punctual on the route was American Airlines at 64.22%.
How often are ORD to PSP flights cancelled?
2.29% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 23 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Chicago to Palm Springs?
November, when 81.7% of flights arrived on time. The worst was March at 62.7%.
When ORD to PSP flights are late, how late are they?
About 78 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 PSP 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 →