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ORD vs EAU - 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
ORD

Chicago, IL

Chicago, Illinois

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Airport B
EAU

Eau Claire, WI

Eau Claire, Wisconsin

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Key Performance Metrics

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

Metric ORD EAU
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 81.0% 84.5%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 81.9 min 108.9 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 19.0% 15.5%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.16% 1.75%
Total Flights 3,114,086 5,152
Delayed Flights 592,111 796
Cancelled Flights 36,132 90
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Carrier

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

Delay Cause Breakdown

ORD - Chicago, IL

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

EAU - Eau Claire, WI

Carrier 42.7%
Late Aircraft 35.4%
NAS 12.2%
Weather 9.5%
Security 0.1%

Top Routes

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%

Top routes from EAU

Route Flights On-Time
EAU → ORD
Chicago
2,546 85.9%
ORD → EAU
Eau Claire
2,516 82.2%

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.