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American Airlines ORD to TPA on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
69%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.0%
23 flights
Avg arrival delay
23 min
72 min when late
Rank on route
#6 of 7
route average 73% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on ORD to TPA arrived on time 69% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2% were cancelled, and 12% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #6 of 7 airlines on this route, which averaged 73% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (51%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 56.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 71.3% on time, 1.2% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 79.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 76.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 80.6% on time, 4.6% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 60.8% on time, 3.1% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 67.7% on time, 4.8% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 75.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 54.5% on time, 5.4% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 67.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 67.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 62.1% on time, 2.2% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 66.3% on time, 1.1% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft51%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)24%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion19%
  • Extreme weather5%
  • Security1%

Other airlines on ORD to TPA

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

1,145 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 23 cancelled, 5 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.