Chicago is My Home

08
Jul

O’Hare Airport Ranks Last For On-Time Departures For Five Months in 2008

Author: Adam Fendelman, Category: Travel

CHICAGO – Are you catching a flight from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport any time soon? Plan on a delayed departure.

Just 63.2 percent of flights out of O’Hare got off the runway on time between January and May in 2008, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s monthly Air Travel Consumer Report. Out of 32 metropolitan airports, O’Hare ranked last for on-time departure and No. 30 for on-time arrivals.

Particularly untimely were the months of January, February and March as an unusually snowy winter disrupted air traffic in the Midwest. Out of 19 carriers, UAL Corp’s United Airlines finished second to last for on-time performance with 72.4 percent of its flights arriving on time.

Chicago’s other airport fared slightly better.

Midway International Airport finished No. 5 for on-time departures for the first five months of the year but No. 27 for departures. Flights in and out of O’Hare have actually been reduced in recent weeks as the airport’s major carriers – United Airlines and American Airlines – make deep cuts in their flight itineraries.

By Megan O’Neil