Houston to Chicago
🇺🇸IAH🇺🇸ORDGeorge Bush Intercontinental Airport to Chicago O'Hare International AirportDomestic, United States
Distance
1,491 km
926 miles
Frequency
258 departures a week
S26 schedule
Airlines
5
United Airlines, American Airlines, Spirit Airlines, codeshares included
Typical delay
15 min
39 departures
The route
Great circle, 1,491 kmHow delayed is this route?
Measured over monthsDepartures from George Bush Intercontinental Airport on this route are typically 15 minutes late (likely 10 to 25), across 39 departures we tracked between 2026-05-28 and 2026-08-24.
median delay of tracked departures on this leg. Flight Owl's own resolved departure predictions (flights our users tracked), not a census of all flights at the airport.
Airlines on this route
5 airlines with a flight number here- UAUnited Airlines
- AAAmerican Airlines
- NKSpirit Airlines
- F9Frontier Airlines
- GIItek Air
Every airline that puts its own flight number on this route. On a busy pair most of them are codeshare partners selling seats on another airline's aircraft, so this is wider than the list of airlines that actually operate it.
Flights on this route
2 of 55 flight numbers tracked often enough to describe| Flight | Airline | Departs | Aircraft | Departures seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA 1915 | American Airlines | 13:36 | B738 | 15 |
| UA 1044 | United Airlines | 05:00 | B39M on 81% of sightings, also B739, A21N | 12 |
Departure times are local to George Bush Intercontinental Airport. A flight appears here once we have tracked it at least 10 times.