AA3973 ORD → ABQ

American Airlines · Chicago, IL to Albuquerque, NM · 137 flights observed, 2025-11-02 to 2026-04-06 · 1,118 mi

This flight runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 100% on-time departing 6–9pm vs. 62% departing 3–6pm.

AA3973 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for ORD → ABQ, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
72%
Median delay
-10 min
90th percentile
+74 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How often is AA3973 on time?

Across 137 flights on ORD → ABQ from 2025-11-02 to 2026-04-06, AA3973 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 72% of the time. The median arrival delay was -10 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +74 min or later. 1% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time9772%
16-30 min1310%
31-60 min97%
61-120 min107%
2+ hrs64%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-112972%+10 min
2025-121776%+3 min
2026-012665%+19 min
2026-022871%-2 min
2026-032976%+3 min
2026-04667%+32 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon2070%
Tue1989%
Wed2070%
Thu1974%
Fri1963%
Sat1963%
Sun1974%

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