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American Airlines ORD to STL on-time performance

American Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to St. Louis · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
66%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.8%
14 flights
Avg arrival delay
32 min
90 min when late
Rank on route
#5 of 5
route average 72% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on ORD to STL arrived on time 66% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.8% were cancelled, and 14% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #5 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 72% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (56%).

On-time trend by month

30%65%100%July 2025: 49.2% on time, 1.6% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 60.3% on time, 1.6% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 75.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 69.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 100.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 100.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25February 2026: 64.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 46.4% on time, 12.5% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 63.6% on time, 2.9% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 74.3% on time, 1.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 75.9% on time, 12.1% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 41.9% on time, 3.1% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft56%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)35%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion5%
  • Extreme weather4%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on ORD to STL

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

505 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 14 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.