Republic Airways JFK to ORD on-time performance
Republic Airways nonstop flights from New York to Chicago · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026Regional airline operating flights for American Eagle, Delta Connection and United Express.
On-time arrivals
78%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
5.5%
45 flights
Avg arrival delay
18 min
77 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 5
route average 72% on time
Key facts
- Republic Airways flights on JFK to ORD arrived on time 78% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 5.5% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #1 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 72% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (45%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Air traffic control & airport congestion45%
- Late-arriving aircraft37%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)14%
- Extreme weather4%
- Security0%
Other airlines on JFK to ORD
- JetBlue68% on time · 28 min avg delay
- American Airlines74% on time · 24 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines51% on time · 50 min avg delay
- Delta Air Lines62% on time · 103 min avg delay
Full JFK to ORD comparison →
Republic Airways on-time record across all routes →
820 Republic Airways flights tracked on this route; 45 cancelled, 5 diverted.
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.