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American Airlines ORD to MDT on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
67%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
4.5%
12 flights
Avg arrival delay
34 min
100 min when late
Rank on route
#5 of 5
route average 74% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on ORD to MDT arrived on time 67% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 4.5% were cancelled, and 15% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #5 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 74% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (58%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%February 2026: 74.1% on time, 10.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 56.9% on time, 5.6% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 62.3% on time, 3.6% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 69.4% on time, 3.9% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 72.4% on time, 3.3% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 73.8% on time, 2.3% 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)30%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion8%
  • Extreme weather4%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on ORD to MDT

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

264 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 12 cancelled, 1 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.