American Airlines ORD to JFK on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to New York · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
62%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
5.2%
27 flights
Avg arrival delay
38 min
97 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 5
route average 74% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on ORD to JFK arrived on time 62% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 5.2% were cancelled, and 17% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #4 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 74% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (52%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft52%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion27%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)14%
- Extreme weather7%
- Security0%
Other airlines on ORD to JFK
- Republic Airways77% on time · 18 min avg delay
- JetBlue81% on time · 18 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines60% on time · 41 min avg delay
- Delta Air Lines92% on time · 18 min avg delay
Full ORD to JFK comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
520 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 27 cancelled, 2 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.