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American Airlines ORD to PHX on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
71%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.2%
67 flights
Avg arrival delay
26 min
87 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 4
route average 73% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on ORD to PHX arrived on time 71% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.2% were cancelled, and 12% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 73% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (48%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 62.3% on time, 3.6% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 68.0% on time, 2.9% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 75.6% on time, 1.2% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 78.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 80.8% on time, 5.4% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 72.3% on time, 0.8% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 78.3% on time, 3.1% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 79.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 75.3% on time, 3.6% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 61.3% on time, 3.8% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 74.0% on time, 0.4% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 55.9% on time, 3.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 57.7% on time, 2.5% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft48%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)36%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion12%
  • Extreme weather4%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on ORD to PHX

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

2,994 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 67 cancelled, 15 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.