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American Airlines TUS to ORD on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
75%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.2%
6 flights
Avg arrival delay
28 min
108 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 4
route average 77% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on TUS to ORD arrived on time 75% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.2% were cancelled, and 12% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 77% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (44%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 68.4% on time, 6.6% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 65.7% on time, 2.8% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 56.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 73.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 72.4% on time, 3.2% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 75.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 71.4% on time, 3.4% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 92.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 73.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 76.5% on time, 1.9% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 76.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 75.9% on time, 1.7% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 85.0% on time, 1.6% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)44%
  • Late-arriving aircraft33%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion20%
  • Extreme weather3%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on TUS to ORD

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

482 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 6 cancelled, 8 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.