AA557 RDU → ORD

American Airlines · Raleigh/Durham, NC to Chicago, IL · 71 flights observed, 2025-10-06 to 2026-05-20 · 646 mi

This flight runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 93% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 50% departing 3–6pm.

AA557 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for RDU → ORD, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
67%
Median delay
-5 min
90th percentile
+101 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How often is AA557 on time?

Across 71 flights on RDU → ORD from 2025-10-06 to 2026-05-20, AA557 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 67% of the time. The median arrival delay was -5 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +101 min or later. 1% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time4667%
16-30 min710%
31-60 min46%
61-120 min69%
2+ hrs69%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-102692%-5 min
2025-111100%-19 min
2026-042339%+68 min
2026-051963%+48 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon1060%
Tue1155%
Wed1182%
Thu944%
Fri1070%
Sat978%
Sun978%

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