ORD to SRQ flight delays
Chicago, IL (ORD) Sarasota/Bradenton, FL (SRQ) · 1,050 miles
998 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
77.44%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.2%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
73 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
17 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 12.8 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 June it ran 23.4 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. SRQ to ORD arrives on time 8.9 points less 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.
The Chicago to Sarasota/Bradenton 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 SRQ. American Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in June and worst in March.
Every airline on ORD to SRQ
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 | 617 | 79.38% | 0.65% | 70 min | C |
| American Airlines | 216 | 70.67% | 3.7% | 74 min | F |
| Envoy Air | 121 | 83.47% | 0% | 61 min | B |
| Republic Airways | 42 | 66.67% | 0% | 91 min | — |
| SkyWest Airlines | 2 | 50% | 0% | 198 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
Other routes from Chicago
Common questions
Are flights from Chicago to Sarasota/Bradenton usually delayed?
77.44% of flights on the ORD to SRQ 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 Sarasota/Bradenton?
Envoy Air, at 83.47% on time across 121 flights. The least punctual on the route was American Airlines at 70.67%.
How often are ORD to SRQ flights cancelled?
1.2% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 12 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Chicago to Sarasota/Bradenton?
June, when 91.2% of flights arrived on time. The worst was March at 67.8%.
When ORD to SRQ flights are late, how late are they?
About 73 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 SRQ 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 →