DTW → ORD American Airlines

American Airlines · Detroit, MI to Chicago, IL · 1,799 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 67 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 90% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 55% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
74%
Median delay
-6 min
90th percentile
+75 min
Cancellation rate
3%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on DTW → ORD (1,799 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 74% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -6 min; the worst 10% ran +75 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,29174%
16-30 min1247%
31-60 min1167%
61-120 min1106%
2+ hrs976%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0717171%+14 min
2025-0813872%+12 min
2025-0915281%+2 min
2025-1015264%+25 min
2025-1113072%+20 min
2025-1210851%+46 min
2026-019665%+35 min
2026-0215176%+11 min
2026-0314674%+34 min
2026-0416480%+7 min
2026-0518488%-6 min
2026-0614684%0 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon25377%
Tue25680%
Wed24570%
Thu24875%
Fri25169%
Sat22779%
Sun25870%

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