BOS → ORD American Airlines

American Airlines · Boston, MA to Chicago, IL · 3,113 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 102 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 91% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 51% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
74%
Median delay
-8 min
90th percentile
+80 min
Cancellation rate
3%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on BOS → ORD (3,113 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 74% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -8 min; the worst 10% ran +80 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2,20774%
16-30 min1866%
31-60 min2077%
61-120 min2027%
2+ hrs1856%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0724973%+14 min
2025-0826272%+11 min
2025-0926271%+12 min
2025-1026664%+24 min
2025-1123475%+13 min
2025-1223468%+19 min
2026-0119074%+13 min
2026-0221085%-5 min
2026-0322373%+19 min
2026-0427176%+11 min
2026-0529879%+7 min
2026-0628878%+17 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon42673%
Tue43777%
Wed41877%
Thu42572%
Fri43673%
Sat40274%
Sun44372%

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