American Airlines BNA to ORD on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Nashville to Chicago · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
69%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.2%
4 flights
Avg arrival delay
33 min
105 min when late
Rank on route
#6 of 9
route average 72% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on BNA to ORD arrived on time 69% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.2% were cancelled, and 17% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #6 of 9 airlines on this route, which averaged 72% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (58%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft58%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion21%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)18%
- Extreme weather4%
- Security0%
Other airlines on BNA to ORD
- SkyWest Airlines67% on time · 35 min avg delay
- United Airlines73% on time · 27 min avg delay
- Envoy Air74% on time · 23 min avg delay
- Republic Airways73% on time · 22 min avg delay
- Southwest Airlines80% on time · 13 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines74% on time · 23 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines65% on time · 19 min avg delay
- PSA Airlines67% on time · 11 min avg delay
Full BNA to ORD comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
321 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 4 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.