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ORD vs EYW - 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
EYW

Key West, FL

Key West, Florida

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Key Performance Metrics

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

Metric ORD EYW
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 81.0% 79.0%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 81.9 min 78.0 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 19.0% 21.0%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.16% 1.37%
Total Flights 3,114,086 93,161
Delayed Flights 592,111 19,574
Cancelled Flights 36,132 1,275
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ 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%

EYW - Key West, FL

Late Aircraft 47.1%
Carrier 29.5%
NAS 16.0%
Weather 7.2%
Security 0.2%

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 EYW

Route Flights On-Time
ATL → EYW
Key West
9,312 83.9%
EYW → ATL
Atlanta
9,309 83.7%
CLT → EYW
Key West
7,711 79.4%
EYW → CLT
Charlotte
7,705 77.1%
EYW → MIA
Miami
7,150 81.5%
MIA → EYW
Key West
7,149 85.7%

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.