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American Airlines PIT to ORD on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
69%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.1%
19 flights
Avg arrival delay
38 min
119 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 5
route average 79% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on PIT to ORD arrived on time 69% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 3.1% were cancelled, and 16% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #4 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 79% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (40%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 67.2% on time, 3.3% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 73.9% on time, 6.1% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 80.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 66.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 70.5% on time, 4.3% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 69.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 66.7% on time, 3.8% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 84.7% on time, 1.7% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 67.3% on time, 3.9% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 73.4% on time, 3.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 66.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 60.7% on time, 5.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 55.9% on time, 4.8% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft40%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)35%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion23%
  • Extreme weather3%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on PIT to ORD

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

606 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 19 cancelled, 2 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.