AA538 PIT → ORD

American Airlines · Pittsburgh, PA to Chicago, IL · 78 flights observed, 2025-07-01 to 2025-10-30 · 413 mi

This flight runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 90% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 50% departing 6–9pm.

AA538 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for PIT → ORD, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
83%
Median delay
-5 min
90th percentile
+49 min
Cancellation rate
3%

How often is AA538 on time?

Across 78 flights on PIT → ORD from 2025-07-01 to 2025-10-30, AA538 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 83% of the time. The median arrival delay was -5 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +49 min or later. 3% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time6383%
16-30 min23%
31-60 min57%
61-120 min45%
2+ hrs23%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073190%+9 min
2025-082990%+39 min
2025-092100%-3 min
2025-101450%+21 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon1369%
Tue978%
Wed9100%
Thu1385%
Fri1267%
Sat9100%
Sun1191%

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