American Airlines RDU to ORD on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Raleigh/Durham to Chicago · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
81%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
4.0%
21 flights
Avg arrival delay
30 min
160 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 7
route average 75% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on RDU to ORD arrived on time 81% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 4% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #1 of 7 airlines on this route, which averaged 75% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (44%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)44%
- Late-arriving aircraft41%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion13%
- Extreme weather2%
- Security0%
Other airlines on RDU to ORD
- United Airlines76% on time · 24 min avg delay
- Republic Airways72% on time · 23 min avg delay
- Envoy Air72% on time · 25 min avg delay
- SkyWest Airlines81% on time · 38 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines58% on time · 63 min avg delay
- PSA Airlines50% on time · 16 min avg delay
Full RDU to ORD comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
523 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 21 cancelled, 1 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.