American Airlines ORD to PHL on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Philadelphia · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
72%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
4.0%
119 flights
Avg arrival delay
27 min
93 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 4
route average 72% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on ORD to PHL arrived on time 72% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 4% were cancelled, and 13% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #3 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 72% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (51%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft51%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)29%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion13%
- Extreme weather6%
- Security0%
Other airlines on ORD to PHL
- United Airlines73% on time · 23 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines60% on time · 53 min avg delay
- Republic Airways81% on time · 9 min avg delay
Full ORD to PHL comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
2,975 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 119 cancelled, 3 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.