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Delta Air Lines SLC to ORD on-time performance

Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Salt Lake City to Chicago · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
77%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.9%
9 flights
Avg arrival delay
17 min
70 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 5
route average 76% on time

Key facts

  • Delta Air Lines flights on SLC to ORD arrived on time 77% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 0.9% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 76% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (51%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 66.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 87.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 86.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 81.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 70.4% on time, 2.4% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 70.2% on time, 1.2% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 80.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 87.0% on time, 1.4% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 71.8% on time, 1.1% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 73.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 79.1% on time, 1.1% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 69.0% on time, 1.2% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 72.9% on time, 2.2% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Air traffic control & airport congestion51%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)34%
  • Late-arriving aircraft13%
  • Extreme weather1%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on SLC to ORD

Full SLC to ORD comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →

1,012 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 9 cancelled, 11 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.