BNA → ORD American Airlines

American Airlines · Nashville, TN to Chicago, IL · 2,172 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 90 flight numbers

This route's scheduled flight time has grown by 11 min since 2025-07 — some of the on-time performance may reflect a more generous published schedule, not a faster or more reliable flight.
On-time arrival
66%
Median delay
-1 min
90th percentile
+100 min
Cancellation rate
3%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on BNA → ORD (2,172 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 66% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -1 min; the worst 10% ran +100 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,37866%
16-30 min1799%
31-60 min1768%
61-120 min1969%
2+ hrs1628%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0715844%+62 min
2025-0815367%+45 min
2025-0914775%+11 min
2025-1017469%+18 min
2025-1115966%+21 min
2025-1215757%+38 min
2026-0113666%+24 min
2026-0216364%+33 min
2026-0318761%+41 min
2026-0424072%+15 min
2026-0524177%+9 min
2026-0617665%+26 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon31362%
Tue30068%
Wed29471%
Thu31561%
Fri30570%
Sat25770%
Sun30760%

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