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American Airlines ORD to SLC on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
65%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.1%
21 flights
Avg arrival delay
25 min
69 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 5
route average 70% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on ORD to SLC arrived on time 65% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.1% were cancelled, and 14% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #4 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 70% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (50%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 58.6% on time, 1.7% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 58.7% on time, 3.8% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 73.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 61.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 78.9% on time, 5.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 57.5% on time, 1.2% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 52.5% on time, 4.8% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 62.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 58.8% on time, 1.9% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 73.3% on time, 4.4% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 68.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 61.4% on time, 2.2% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 67.8% on time, 3.2% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft50%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)31%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion13%
  • Extreme weather6%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on ORD to SLC

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

1,003 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 21 cancelled, 2 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.