ALB → ORD American Airlines

American Airlines · Albany, NY to Chicago, IL · 1,073 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 33 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -12 min, while the worst 10% run +55 min or later.
On-time arrival
80%
Median delay
-12 min
90th percentile
+55 min
Cancellation rate
3%

How on-time is American Airlines from ALB to ORD?

Across every American Airlines flight number on ALB → ORD (1,073 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 80% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -12 min; the worst 10% ran +55 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time82280%
16-30 min505%
31-60 min646%
61-120 min485%
2+ hrs475%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-078568%+18 min
2025-087883%-4 min
2025-098487%0 min
2025-109274%+14 min
2025-1110175%+9 min
2025-127567%+24 min
2026-015084%-2 min
2026-026884%-1 min
2026-038671%+10 min
2026-0410482%-3 min
2026-0512092%-15 min
2026-068888%+7 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon15277%
Tue14483%
Wed13783%
Thu15181%
Fri15479%
Sat13681%
Sun15774%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…