American Airlines ORD to SNA on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Santa Ana · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
74%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.8%
21 flights
Avg arrival delay
17 min
62 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 2
route average 75% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on ORD to SNA arrived on time 74% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.8% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #2 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 75% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (45%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft45%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)31%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion19%
- Extreme weather5%
- Security0%
Other airlines on ORD to SNA
- United Airlines76% on time · 12 min avg delay
Full ORD to SNA comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
1,148 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 21 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.