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American Airlines DTW to ORD on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
90%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
12.8%
6 flights
Avg arrival delay
15 min
142 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 8
route average 73% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on DTW to ORD arrived on time 90% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 12.8% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 8 airlines on this route, which averaged 73% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (48%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%November 2025: 66.7% on time, 25.0% cancelledNov ’25April 2026: 84.2% on time, 17.4% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 100.0% on time, 5.0% cancelledMay ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft48%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)19%
  • Extreme weather18%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion15%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DTW to ORD

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

47 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 6 cancelled, 0 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.