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American Airlines FLL to ORD on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
69%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.4%
12 flights
Avg arrival delay
33 min
104 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 6
route average 69% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on FLL to ORD arrived on time 69% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.4% were cancelled, and 13% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 6 airlines on this route, which averaged 69% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (46%).

On-time trend by month

30%65%100%July 2025: 64.3% on time, 1.7% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 65.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 90.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 87.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 70.7% on time, 1.2% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 72.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 59.2% on time, 3.0% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 79.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 64.8% on time, 5.3% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 71.4% on time, 2.4% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 76.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 52.0% on time, 2.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 45.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft46%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)27%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion18%
  • Extreme weather9%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on FLL to ORD

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

841 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 12 cancelled, 8 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.