ORD → CANChicago to Guangzhou

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Direct flights from Chicago (ORD) to Guangzhou (CAN): 4 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. No cancellations were recorded across the 4 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 12,426 km, an estimated 16 hours 26 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Chicago and Guangzhou. Updated 13 November 2026 at 09:53 UTC.

Today, ORD → CAN

Fri 13 Nov · local times
  1. 23:25 CZ2548China Southern Airlines Sched 23:25Departure not confirmed by the board ·

Checked ORD board 03:53 · CAN board 17:24

ORD Chicago busy · +18
CAN Guangzhou smooth · +0
12,426 km · ~16h 26m est.
departs 22:404x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 4x weekly · nonstop
76 / 100

route health from live ORD and CAN delay boards

0 of 4 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Flight time~16h 26mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures4x1 direct airline on the leg

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days
Air China LTDCA

Flights CA3174 varies Tu Th Fr Sa

History

operated legs · board outcomes
11-11CSG2548departed+29
11-07CA3174departed+3
11-07CSG2658departed+11
11-06CSG2508departed−18

Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.

Full board history, day by day →

Airports right now

live boards
ORDChicago +18 min busy ⛅ overcast · NNW 10 kt Full ORD delay board →
CANGuangzhou +0 min smooth 🌤 clear · ENE 6 kt Full CAN delay board →

Weather lens

Conditions are tightest at ORD: a 30% chance of a 15+ minute delay. In this weather, the more delayed of the two airports is typically about +9 min. Both figures come from the two airports' delay records in similar weather. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →

How the Chicago to Guangzhou route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop ORD to CAN flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.

Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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ORD to CAN questions

Is ORD–CAN running on time right now?

Mostly on schedule. The departure side at ORD is the weaker end, route health score 76/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

How long is the flight from ORD to CAN?

Great-circle distance is 12,426 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 907–1095 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does ORD–CAN fly?

Air China LTD runs the route with about 4 flights a week (tue, thu, fri, sat). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.

What does the route health score measure?

A blend of departure-side delay at ORD and arrival-side delay at CAN, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.