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American Airlines PHX to ORD on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
79%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.1%
64 flights
Avg arrival delay
17 min
75 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 4
route average 76% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on PHX to ORD arrived on time 79% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.1% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 76% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (39%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 72.6% on time, 3.6% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 77.5% on time, 2.5% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 79.6% on time, 1.2% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 82.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 75.8% on time, 5.4% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 82.2% on time, 0.8% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 79.2% on time, 2.2% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 88.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 81.9% on time, 3.6% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 80.2% on time, 3.8% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 80.4% on time, 0.4% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 65.8% on time, 3.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 70.7% on time, 2.5% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft39%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)34%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion26%
  • Extreme weather1%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on PHX to ORD

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

2,997 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 64 cancelled, 22 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.