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American Airlines ORD to PIT on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
55%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.1%
19 flights
Avg arrival delay
46 min
99 min when late
Rank on route
#5 of 5
route average 75% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on ORD to PIT arrived on time 55% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 3.1% were cancelled, and 22% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #5 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 75% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (65%).

On-time trend by month

30%65%100%July 2025: 50.8% on time, 3.3% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 63.8% on time, 6.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 50.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 57.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 58.1% on time, 4.4% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 48.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 48.0% on time, 3.8% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 66.7% on time, 1.6% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 41.8% on time, 3.9% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 52.4% on time, 3.1% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 65.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 56.1% on time, 5.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 50.8% on time, 4.8% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft65%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)22%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion8%
  • Extreme weather5%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on ORD to PIT

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

604 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 19 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.