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American Airlines SLC to ORD on-time performance

American Airlines nonstop flights from Salt Lake City to Chicago · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
76%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.0%
20 flights
Avg arrival delay
26 min
107 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 5
route average 76% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on SLC to ORD arrived on time 76% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2% were cancelled, and 11% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 76% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (41%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 50.0% on time, 1.7% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 60.3% on time, 2.6% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 72.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 81.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 81.6% on time, 5.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 71.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 84.6% on time, 4.9% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 82.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 73.3% on time, 1.9% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 82.4% on time, 4.4% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 74.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 70.1% on time, 3.3% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 78.9% on time, 3.2% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft41%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)36%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion22%
  • Extreme weather2%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on SLC to ORD

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

1,002 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 20 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.