American Airlines DFW to ORD on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Chicago · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
66%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.5%
147 flights
Avg arrival delay
27 min
75 min when late
Rank on route
#7 of 7
route average 68% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on DFW to ORD arrived on time 66% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 3.5% were cancelled, and 13% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #7 of 7 airlines on this route, which averaged 68% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (38%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft38%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)28%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion25%
- Extreme weather8%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DFW to ORD
- United Airlines72% on time · 28 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines70% on time · 30 min avg delay
- Envoy Air69% on time · 31 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines75% on time · 23 min avg delay
- Republic Airways75% on time · 16 min avg delay
- SkyWest Airlines88% on time · 2 min avg delay
Full DFW to ORD comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
4,245 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 147 cancelled, 26 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.