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American Airlines ORD to DTW on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
71%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
12.8%
6 flights
Avg arrival delay
40 min
135 min when late
Rank on route
#5 of 7
route average 72% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on ORD to DTW arrived on time 71% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 12.8% were cancelled, and 15% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #5 of 7 airlines on this route, which averaged 72% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (48%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%November 2025: 100.0% on time, 25.0% cancelledNov ’25April 2026: 70.0% on time, 16.7% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 66.7% on time, 5.3% cancelledMay ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft48%
  • Extreme weather34%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)18%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion0%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on ORD to DTW

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

47 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 6 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.