American Airlines PHL to ORD on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Philadelphia to Chicago · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
74%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
4.0%
120 flights
Avg arrival delay
26 min
98 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 4
route average 73% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on PHL to ORD arrived on time 74% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 4% were cancelled, and 12% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #2 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 73% 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)26%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion23%
- Extreme weather6%
- Security0%
Other airlines on PHL to ORD
- United Airlines74% on time · 28 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines57% on time · 55 min avg delay
- Republic Airways92% on time · 4 min avg delay
Full PHL to ORD comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
2,973 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 120 cancelled, 16 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.