American Airlines PBI to ORD on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Chicago · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
69%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.4%
19 flights
Avg arrival delay
34 min
106 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 2
route average 68% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on PBI to ORD arrived on time 69% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 2.4% were cancelled, and 15% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #1 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 68% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (47%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft47%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)31%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion20%
- Extreme weather2%
- Security0%
Other airlines on PBI to ORD
- United Airlines66% on time · 32 min avg delay
Full PBI to ORD comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
796 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 19 cancelled, 7 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.