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American Airlines ATL to ORD on-time performance

American Airlines nonstop flights from Atlanta to Chicago · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
72%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.4%
16 flights
Avg arrival delay
30 min
106 min when late
Rank on route
#5 of 9
route average 71% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on ATL to ORD arrived on time 72% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.4% were cancelled, and 12% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #5 of 9 airlines on this route, which averaged 71% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (42%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 64.4% on time, 6.3% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 70.0% on time, 1.6% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 85.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 77.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 77.4% on time, 7.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 75.0% on time, 5.9% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 50.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 84.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 95.8% on time, 7.7% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 64.0% on time, 2.6% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 69.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 68.2% on time, 4.4% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 63.4% on time, 2.1% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft42%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)27%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion16%
  • Extreme weather15%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on ATL to ORD

Full ATL to ORD comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →

672 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 16 cancelled, 1 diverted.

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.