SRQ to ORD flight delays
Sarasota/Bradenton, FL (SRQ) Chicago, IL (ORD) · 1,050 miles
999 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
68.52%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.8%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
80 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
26 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 9.4 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 33.8 points more punctual than in July — 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. ORD to SRQ arrives on time 8.9 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.
This route does worse than its own airport. SRQ as a whole runs 12.3 points more punctual than these flights, which points at something specific to the route — the time of day it is scheduled, or the aircraft that feed it — rather than the airport.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Envoy Air arrived on time most often on SRQ to ORD. American Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in July.
Every airline on SRQ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | 617 | 71.26% | 1.62% | 84 min | D |
| American Airlines | 217 | 63.11% | 3.69% | 73 min | F |
| Envoy Air | 121 | 72.5% | 0% | 70 min | C |
| Republic Airways | 42 | 47.62% | 0% | 81 min | — |
| SkyWest Airlines | 2 | 0% | 0% | 109 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
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Common questions
Are flights from Sarasota/Bradenton to Chicago usually delayed?
68.52% of flights on the SRQ to ORD 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 Sarasota/Bradenton to Chicago?
Envoy Air, at 72.5% on time across 121 flights. The least punctual on the route was American Airlines at 63.11%.
How often are SRQ to ORD flights cancelled?
1.8% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 18 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Sarasota/Bradenton to Chicago?
October, when 83.8% of flights arrived on time. The worst was July at 50%.
When SRQ to ORD flights are late, how late are they?
About 80 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 SRQ 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 →