Holiday travel
Holiday travel at ORD
Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, IL. July 2023 – July 2026. Set against ORD’s own ordinary days of the same weekday in the weeks around each holiday.
The five holidays at ORD
At ORD, Thanksgiving ran furthest below ordinary days (−12.9 points) and Labor Day furthest above (+10.8 points).
Each row pools every year of that holiday’s window at ORD and sets it against ORD’s own ordinary days of the same weekdays in the weeks around it. Open a holiday for its day-by-day figures.
| Holiday | On time | Gap from usual, points | Cancelled | Worst day | Best day | All airports, gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thanksgiving3 times in the data | 65.4%usual 78.3% | −12.9worseyears: 1 better, 2 worse | 7.44%usual 1.12% | Sunday after (two of three) | Thanksgiving Day (three of three) | −2.1worse |
| Christmas to New Year’s3 times in the data | 71.3%usual 72.9% | −1.6worseyears: 2 better, 1 worse | 1.18%usual 2.27% | December 29 (two of three) | Moved each year | −3.2worse |
| July 44 times in the data | 70.5%usual 67.2% | +3.3betteryears: 2 better, 2 worse | 4.35%usual 2.67% | July 2 (two of four) | July 4 (two of four) | +5.2better |
| Memorial Day3 times in the data | 69.2%usual 73.9% | −4.7worseyears: 1 better, 2 worse | 0.62%usual 1.45% | Sunday before (two of two) | Saturday before (two of two) | −0.3about the same |
| Labor Day3 times in the data | 85.8%usual 75.0% | +10.8betteryears: 3 better | 0.24%usual 1.84% | Labor Day (two of two) | Moved each year | +4.2better |
A dash means fewer than 120 flights stood behind the figure, or behind the ordinary days it would be compared with: too few to print a rate, and nothing is estimated in its place. “Usual” is what ordinary days of the same weekday had at the same place in the weeks around the holiday, weighted by the flights being compared.