PSP to ORD flight delays
Palm Springs, CA (PSP) Chicago, IL (ORD) · 1,651 miles
787 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · the publishing regulator
75.1%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.54%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
107 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
28 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 9.8 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 October it ran 28.7 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.
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 2.54% 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 route has been getting worse. The later months run 8.6 points less punctual than the earlier ones. A drift of that size is rarely weather; it is more often an airline adding frequencies faster than the airports can absorb them.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, United Airlines arrived on time most often on PSP to ORD. American Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in March.
Every airline on PSP to ORD
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 | 70.9% | 3.1% | 107 min | D |
| United Airlines | 336 | 80.67% | 1.79% | 106 min | C |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
ORD to PSP Chicago back to Palm Springs 69.53% on time DOther routes from Palm Springs
Common questions
Are flights from Palm Springs to Chicago usually delayed?
75.1% of flights on the PSP to ORD 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 Palm Springs to Chicago?
United Airlines, at 80.67% on time across 336 flights. The least punctual on the route was American Airlines at 70.9%.
How often are PSP to ORD flights cancelled?
2.54% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 25 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Palm Springs to Chicago?
October, when 84% of flights arrived on time. The worst was March at 55.3%.
When PSP to ORD flights are late, how late are they?
About 107 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 PSP to ORD 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 →