BHM → ORD American Airlines

American Airlines · Birmingham, AL to Chicago, IL · 940 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 35 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -7 min, while the worst 10% run +55 min or later.
On-time arrival
77%
Median delay
-7 min
90th percentile
+55 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on BHM → ORD (940 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 77% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -7 min; the worst 10% ran +55 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time71477%
16-30 min516%
31-60 min708%
61-120 min505%
2+ hrs384%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-078274%+9 min
2025-088084%+8 min
2025-097580%+3 min
2025-108785%0 min
2025-118280%+6 min
2025-127470%+34 min
2026-015981%+14 min
2026-027175%+4 min
2026-038775%+11 min
2026-048775%+9 min
2026-058073%+20 min
2026-065976%+20 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon13880%
Tue12586%
Wed12575%
Thu13381%
Fri13774%
Sat12474%
Sun14172%

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