The best bet has a stop: United via Denver (6h 15m) reaches Chicago on time 4 times in 5, against 59% on the nonstop.
Time of day × airport
Share of this route’s flights leaving within 15 minutes, by airport and scheduled departure hour, over Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Blank: no flights then (or fewer than 40 in the year).
Pick an hour to see this route’s flights leaving then.
Airlines on this route
Arriving within 15 minutes. Regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Pick an airline to see its flights.
| United | 117 | – | 0.0% | 70 min |
Dimmed: fewer than 150 flights in the year, too few to rank.
Flights, best and worst
Flights in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule that ran 150+ times in the year. Times are local. Pick a flight for its history.
No flight on this route ran 150+ times in the year.
All 1 flights on this route →Nonstops by airline and airport
Arriving within 15 minutes, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Pick a row to see that airline’s flights on that airport pair.
| United | SBA | ORD | 4h 23m | 59% | 0.0% | 117 | Flying now |
Alternatives with one stop
All connections →| UnitedDetails → | SBA 05:00 → DEN 08:27UA 2865 | 1h 08m Denver | DEN 09:35 → ORD 13:15UA 2329 | 6h 15m | 95% | 79% |
| AmericanDetails → | SBA 06:00 → PHX 07:36AA 1640 | 54m Phoenix | PHX 08:30 → ORD 14:21AA 319 | 6h 21m | 92% | 78% |
| AmericanDetails → | SBA 09:45 → PHX 11:23AA 4031 · flown by Envoy | 52m Phoenix | PHX 12:15 → ORD 18:08AA 338 | 6h 23m | 86% | 60% |
About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON