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MHT vs ORD - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
MHT

Manchester, NH

Manchester, New Hampshire

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Airport B
ORD

Chicago, IL

Chicago, Illinois

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric MHT ORD
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 82.3% 81.0%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 71.3 min 81.9 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 17.7% 19.0%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.56% 1.16%
Total Flights 69,564 3,114,086
Delayed Flights 12,331 592,111
Cancelled Flights 1,087 36,132
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

MHT - Manchester, NH

Late Aircraft 43.3%
Carrier 27.4%
NAS 26.0%
Weather 3.1%
Security 0.3%

ORD - Chicago, IL

Late Aircraft 39.2%
Carrier 33.6%
NAS 19.5%
Weather 7.7%
Security 0.1%

Top Routes

Top routes from MHT

Route Flights On-Time
BWI → MHT
Manchester
9,060 78.3%
MHT → BWI
Baltimore
9,047 88.8%
MHT → CLT
Charlotte
5,979 85.7%
CLT → MHT
Manchester
5,976 82.9%
DCA → MHT
Manchester
5,513 77.9%
MHT → DCA
Washington
5,512 78.9%

Top routes from ORD

Route Flights On-Time
ORD → LGA
New York
56,539 78.2%
LGA → ORD
Chicago
56,521 80.8%
ORD → LAX
Los Angeles
37,020 79.8%
LAX → ORD
Chicago
36,987 84.3%
ORD → DEN
Denver
35,971 79.3%
DEN → ORD
Chicago
35,925 76.8%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.