Southwest Airlines ORD to AUS on-time performance
Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Austin · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
68%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.6%
1 flights
Avg arrival delay
21 min
62 min when late
Rank on route
#5 of 6
route average 73% on time
Key facts
- Southwest Airlines flights on ORD to AUS arrived on time 68% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0.6% were cancelled, and 13% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #5 of 6 airlines on this route, which averaged 73% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (64%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft64%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)21%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion13%
- Extreme weather2%
- Security0%
Other airlines on ORD to AUS
- United Airlines79% on time · 15 min avg delay
- American Airlines66% on time · 29 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines68% on time · 42 min avg delay
- Republic Airways69% on time · 18 min avg delay
- Envoy Air73% on time · 19 min avg delay
Full ORD to AUS comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →
176 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 1 cancelled, 1 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.