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American Airlines MCI to ORD on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
80%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.2%
3 flights
Avg arrival delay
33 min
157 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 6
route average 76% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on MCI to ORD arrived on time 80% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.2% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 6 airlines on this route, which averaged 76% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (43%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 56.3% on time, 7.4% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 73.2% on time, 2.4% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 93.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 93.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 87.0% on time, 4.2% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 84.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 84.6% on time, 3.7% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 79.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26April 2026: 50.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 65.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)43%
  • Late-arriving aircraft30%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion14%
  • Extreme weather13%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on MCI to ORD

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

248 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 3 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.