American Airlines EWR to ORD on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Newark to Chicago · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
78%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
4.7%
39 flights
Avg arrival delay
27 min
118 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 5
route average 72% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on EWR to ORD arrived on time 78% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 4.7% were cancelled, and 12% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #1 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 72% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (47%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft47%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)23%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion20%
- Extreme weather10%
- Security0%
Other airlines on EWR to ORD
- United Airlines71% on time · 24 min avg delay
- Envoy Air73% on time · 25 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines52% on time · 51 min avg delay
- Republic Airways53% on time · 40 min avg delay
Full EWR to ORD comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
831 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 39 cancelled, 3 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.