Route profile
GEG→ORD
Flight reliability, delays and best times to fly from Spokane to Chicago. · 1,498 miles
Right now
Current conditions at both ends of this route.
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Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Airport conditions describe the airfield, not any individual flight. An airport operating normally is not a guarantee that a specific flight will depart on time.
Route reliability
July 2023 – June 2026
Better than 16% of comparable major US routes (4,577 compared)
Calculated from 1,070 flights. How this is calculated
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – June 2026
Best time to fly
On-time arrival rate by scheduled local departure time.
GEG → ORD flights departing 9 PM–5 AM arrived on time 90.4% of the time, against 57.5% for 12–3 PM departures — a gap of 32.8 percentage points.
By departure window
By departure hour
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026 · Buckets with fewer than 120 flights are not scored.
Airlines on this route
Performance by the carrier that actually operated the flight.
| Carrier | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 596 | 75.3% | 1.17% | -1 min | 4.6% |
| American Airlines | 377 | 60.6% | 0.80% | 3 min | 17.8% |
SkyWest Airlines arrived on time 14.7 percentage points more often than American Airlines on this route.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026 · Carriers with fewer than 200 flights on this route are not listed.
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Thursday is historically the most reliable day and Wednesday the least, a gap of 11.2 percentage points.
Historical trend
On-time arrival rate by month.
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-07 to 2026-06), on-time arrivals averaged 64.2% against 87.3% in the 12 months before — declining by 23.1 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026
Data and methodology
All figures on this page are calculated by FlyerIntel from 1,070 GEG → ORD flight records published by the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, covering July 2023 – June 2026. A flight is counted as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after its scheduled arrival time, following BTS methodology. Cancelled and diverted flights have no arrival time and are excluded from on-time rates rather than counted as late.