DSM → ORD American Airlines
American Airlines · Des Moines, IA to Chicago, IL · 1,770 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 74 flight numbers
On-time arrival
74%
Median delay
-8 min
90th percentile
+73 min
Cancellation rate
5%
How on-time is American Airlines from DSM to ORD?
Across every American Airlines flight number on DSM → ORD (1,770 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 74% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -8 min; the worst 10% ran +73 min or later. 5% were cancelled.
Delay distribution
Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).
| Arrival | Flights | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Early / on-time | 1,239 | 74% |
| 16-30 min | 127 | 8% |
| 31-60 min | 117 | 7% |
| 61-120 min | 110 | 7% |
| 2+ hrs | 92 | 5% |
Performance by month
| Month | Flights | On-time | Avg delay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07 | 140 | 59% | +45 min |
| 2025-08 | 145 | 72% | +21 min |
| 2025-09 | 118 | 83% | +1 min |
| 2025-10 | 141 | 72% | +13 min |
| 2025-11 | 120 | 80% | +2 min |
| 2025-12 | 138 | 57% | +58 min |
| 2026-01 | 96 | 77% | +18 min |
| 2026-02 | 128 | 77% | +17 min |
| 2026-03 | 143 | 64% | +27 min |
| 2026-04 | 186 | 79% | +7 min |
| 2026-05 | 190 | 87% | -3 min |
| 2026-06 | 140 | 73% | +4 min |
Performance by day of week
| Day | Flights | On-time |
|---|---|---|
| Mon | 250 | 70% |
| Tue | 240 | 75% |
| Wed | 223 | 72% |
| Thu | 248 | 74% |
| Fri | 249 | 75% |
| Sat | 226 | 77% |
| Sun | 249 | 73% |
AA flight numbers on DSM → ORD
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