American Airlines DCA to ORD on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Washington to Chicago · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
74%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.5%
79 flights
Avg arrival delay
24 min
90 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 5
route average 75% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on DCA to ORD arrived on time 74% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 3.5% were cancelled, and 11% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #4 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 75% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (48%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft48%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)23%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion22%
- Extreme weather6%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DCA to ORD
- United Airlines75% on time · 22 min avg delay
- Republic Airways76% on time · 19 min avg delay
- Envoy Air81% on time · 17 min avg delay
- SkyWest Airlines63% on time · 33 min avg delay
Full DCA to ORD comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
2,272 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 79 cancelled, 9 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.