ORD to SAV flight delays
Chicago, IL (ORD) Savannah, GA (SAV) · 773 miles
1,561 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
76.96%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.67%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
78 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
19 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Envoy Air arrived on time 14.4 points more often than SkyWest 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 Chicago to Savannah route sits close to the middle of the record — neither notably punctual nor notably late.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Envoy Air arrived on time most often on ORD to SAV. SkyWest Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in January.
Every airline on ORD to SAV
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | 735 | 79.95% | 0.82% | 78 min | C |
| Envoy Air | 275 | 82.59% | 1.82% | 65 min | C |
| SkyWest Airlines | 201 | 68.21% | 2.99% | 88 min | F |
| American Airlines | 182 | 72.63% | 1.1% | 82 min | D |
| Republic Airways | 168 | 69.38% | 4.17% | 71 min | F |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
SAV to ORD Savannah back to Chicago 75.57% on time DOther routes from Chicago
Common questions
Are flights from Chicago to Savannah usually delayed?
76.96% of flights on the ORD to SAV 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 airline is most on time from Chicago to Savannah?
Envoy Air, at 82.59% on time across 275 flights. The least punctual on the route was SkyWest Airlines at 68.21%.
How often are ORD to SAV flights cancelled?
1.67% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 17 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Chicago to Savannah?
October, when 85.5% of flights arrived on time. The worst was January at 71.1%.
When ORD to SAV 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 SAV 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 →