American Airlines CLT to ORD on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Charlotte to Chicago · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
72%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.9%
89 flights
Avg arrival delay
22 min
75 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 5
route average 73% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on CLT to ORD arrived on time 72% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 2.9% were cancelled, and 11% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #3 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 73% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (36%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft36%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion34%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)20%
- Extreme weather10%
- Security0%
Other airlines on CLT to ORD
- United Airlines71% on time · 26 min avg delay
- Republic Airways83% on time · 15 min avg delay
- SkyWest Airlines81% on time · 20 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines65% on time · 43 min avg delay
Full CLT to ORD comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
3,064 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 89 cancelled, 14 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.