American Airlines ORD to DEN on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Denver · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
66%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.6%
24 flights
Avg arrival delay
27 min
76 min when late
Rank on route
#5 of 5
route average 75% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on ORD to DEN arrived on time 66% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.6% were cancelled, and 14% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #5 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 75% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (49%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft49%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)30%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion18%
- Extreme weather3%
- Security1%
Other airlines on ORD to DEN
- United Airlines79% on time · 16 min avg delay
- Southwest Airlines74% on time · 18 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines70% on time · 37 min avg delay
- Envoy Air76% on time · 13 min avg delay
Full ORD to DEN comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
1,476 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 24 cancelled, 4 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.