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American Airlines ORD to MCI on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
63%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.2%
3 flights
Avg arrival delay
29 min
76 min when late
Rank on route
#5 of 6
route average 72% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on ORD to MCI arrived on time 63% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.2% were cancelled, and 15% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #5 of 6 airlines on this route, which averaged 72% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (58%).

On-time trend by month

30%65%100%July 2025: 48.9% on time, 6.4% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 60.0% on time, 2.4% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 56.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 64.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 78.3% on time, 4.2% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 55.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 61.5% on time, 3.7% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 66.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26April 2026: 62.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 60.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26July 2026: 100.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft58%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)31%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion7%
  • Extreme weather5%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on ORD to MCI

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

247 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.