AA2970 PHL → ORD

American Airlines · Philadelphia, PA to Chicago, IL · 49 flights observed, 2025-12-18 to 2026-04-06 · 678 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 86% on-time on Thursdays vs. 43% on Sundays.

AA2970 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for PHL → ORD, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
68%
Median delay
-2 min
90th percentile
+153 min
Cancellation rate
4%

How often is AA2970 on time?

Across 49 flights on PHL → ORD from 2025-12-18 to 2026-04-06, AA2970 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 68% of the time. The median arrival delay was -2 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +153 min or later. 4% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time3268%
16-30 min24%
31-60 min49%
61-120 min36%
2+ hrs613%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-121471%+14 min
2026-01560%+41 min
2026-032365%+168 min
2026-04580%-1 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon875%
Tue683%
Wed667%
Thu786%
Fri650%
Sat771%
Sun743%

Based on US Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading live conditions and full charts…