CVG → ORD American Airlines

American Airlines · Cincinnati, OH to Chicago, IL · 2,372 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 63 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 92% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 46% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
69%
Median delay
-2 min
90th percentile
+82 min
Cancellation rate
4%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on CVG → ORD (2,372 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 69% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -2 min; the worst 10% ran +82 min or later. 4% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,58069%
16-30 min22110%
31-60 min1808%
61-120 min1627%
2+ hrs1386%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0719461%+33 min
2025-0820272%+20 min
2025-0919064%+15 min
2025-1020868%+17 min
2025-1116875%+9 min
2025-1216654%+44 min
2026-0114471%+20 min
2026-0216667%+20 min
2026-0319863%+38 min
2026-0419771%+14 min
2026-0522481%+9 min
2026-0622479%+14 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon33567%
Tue32874%
Wed32172%
Thu32970%
Fri34368%
Sat28673%
Sun33962%

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