American Airlines JFK to ORD on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from New York to Chicago · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
74%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
5.2%
27 flights
Avg arrival delay
24 min
89 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 5
route average 72% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on JFK to ORD arrived on time 74% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 5.2% were cancelled, and 12% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #2 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 72% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (54%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft54%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion21%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)20%
- Extreme weather4%
- Security0%
Other airlines on JFK to ORD
- Republic Airways78% on time · 18 min avg delay
- JetBlue68% on time · 28 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines51% on time · 50 min avg delay
- Delta Air Lines62% on time · 103 min avg delay
Full JFK to ORD comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
521 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 27 cancelled, 5 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.