CLE → ORD American Airlines

American Airlines · Cleveland, OH to Chicago, IL · 2,175 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 91 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -5 min, while the worst 10% run +79 min or later.
On-time arrival
72%
Median delay
-5 min
90th percentile
+79 min
Cancellation rate
5%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on CLE → ORD (2,175 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 72% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -5 min; the worst 10% ran +79 min or later. 5% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,49072%
16-30 min1638%
31-60 min1497%
61-120 min1387%
2+ hrs1286%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0718058%+52 min
2025-0817582%+9 min
2025-0917179%+21 min
2025-1020174%+10 min
2025-1116873%+9 min
2025-1213960%+28 min
2026-0111763%+23 min
2026-0217074%+20 min
2026-0320171%+25 min
2026-0421271%+13 min
2026-0519681%+6 min
2026-0613873%+6 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon30973%
Tue28174%
Wed27873%
Thu31274%
Fri30771%
Sat27173%
Sun31066%

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