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Republic Airways ORD to DSM on-time performance

Republic Airways nonstop flights from Chicago to Des Moines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026Regional airline operating flights for American Eagle, Delta Connection and United Express.

On-time arrivals
76%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
4.1%
24 flights
Avg arrival delay
17 min
69 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 6
route average 71% on time

Key facts

  • Republic Airways flights on ORD to DSM arrived on time 76% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 4.1% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 6 airlines on this route, which averaged 71% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (53%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 63.2% on time, 11.6% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 56.5% on time, 4.2% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 81.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 82.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 83.3% on time, 13.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 64.9% on time, 2.5% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 75.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJan ’26March 2026: 62.5% on time, 7.7% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 83.9% on time, 3.4% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 92.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 85.7% on time, 6.7% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 72.4% on time, 1.7% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft53%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion22%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)18%
  • Extreme weather7%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on ORD to DSM

Full ORD to DSM comparison →
Republic Airways on-time record across all routes →

582 Republic Airways flights tracked on this route; 24 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.