DEN → ORD American Airlines

American Airlines · Denver, CO to Chicago, IL · 1,594 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 47 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -8 min, while the worst 10% run +77 min or later.
On-time arrival
73%
Median delay
-8 min
90th percentile
+77 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on DEN → ORD (1,594 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 73% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -8 min; the worst 10% ran +77 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,14373%
16-30 min1037%
31-60 min1218%
61-120 min896%
2+ hrs1006%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0714067%+39 min
2025-0814868%+44 min
2025-0914681%+5 min
2025-1015179%+8 min
2025-118775%+12 min
2025-129066%+33 min
2026-018967%+27 min
2026-0214582%+6 min
2026-0312667%+21 min
2026-0413676%+49 min
2026-0515479%+3 min
2026-0614467%+28 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon22271%
Tue23377%
Wed22778%
Thu22273%
Fri22274%
Sat20773%
Sun22369%

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