AA490 PHL → ORD

American Airlines · Philadelphia, PA to Chicago, IL · 164 flights observed, 2025-07-01 to 2026-05-20 · 678 mi

This flight's scheduled flight time has grown by 12 min since 2025-07 — some of the on-time performance may reflect a more generous published schedule, not a faster or more reliable flight.

AA490 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
57%
Median delay
+8 min
90th percentile
+109 min
Cancellation rate
7%

How often is AA490 on time?

Across 164 flights on PHL → ORD from 2025-07-01 to 2026-05-20, AA490 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 57% of the time. The median arrival delay was +8 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +109 min or later. 7% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time8657%
16-30 min1812%
31-60 min2114%
61-120 min1510%
2+ hrs128%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-072339%+96 min
2025-082857%+26 min
2025-092756%+26 min
2025-103050%+22 min
2025-111100%-13 min
2026-042374%-4 min
2026-052065%+26 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon2148%
Tue2357%
Wed2277%
Thu2148%
Fri2365%
Sat2250%
Sun2050%

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