American Airlines ORD to LAX on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Los Angeles · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
69%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.0%
60 flights
Avg arrival delay
26 min
78 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 5
route average 73% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on ORD to LAX arrived on time 69% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 2% were cancelled, and 12% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #4 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 73% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (44%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft44%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)33%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion15%
- Extreme weather8%
- Security0%
Other airlines on ORD to LAX
- United Airlines77% on time · 17 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines64% on time · 28 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines73% on time · 24 min avg delay
- Delta Air Lines75% on time · 17 min avg delay
Full ORD to LAX comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
3,062 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 60 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.