I don't know why everyone doesn't try to avoid connecting flights at this airport.
O’Hare International Airport again ranked worst among major U.S. airports for on-time departures during the first half of the year, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Less than 65 percent of flights left O’Hare on time between January 1 and June 30, placing it last among 32 major U.S. airports, according to federal statistics released Monday.
O’Hare also was worst during the same period last year, but its percentage of on-time flights declined from 70.4 percent to 64.6 percent.
14 years ago, as we were coming back from our wedding in California and trying to catch a connecting flight in Baltimore to St. Lucia, we were delayed at O'Hare for 6 hours because of weather, and we vowed never to fly through there again.
My mother-in-law has had countless problems with flights through Chicago, but because she has some sort of fixation on getting flight miles through United Airlines, she still goes through there. Last night they had a big storm in Chicago, and she ended up spending the night in a hotel a half hour from the airport instead of our house.
Hopefully she'll figure it out - avoid Chicago O'Hare at nearly any cost. There's just way too many reasons why delays and cancellations happen there.
but you are right in general. For me, the trick is to avoid connecting flights at any airport. I'm willing to pay a little more for a direct flight.