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
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).
| Arrival | Flights | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Early / on-time | 1,291 | 74% |
| 16-30 min | 124 | 7% |
| 31-60 min | 116 | 7% |
| 61-120 min | 110 | 6% |
| 2+ hrs | 97 | 6% |
Performance by month
| Month | Flights | On-time | Avg delay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07 | 171 | 71% | +14 min |
| 2025-08 | 138 | 72% | +12 min |
| 2025-09 | 152 | 81% | +2 min |
| 2025-10 | 152 | 64% | +25 min |
| 2025-11 | 130 | 72% | +20 min |
| 2025-12 | 108 | 51% | +46 min |
| 2026-01 | 96 | 65% | +35 min |
| 2026-02 | 151 | 76% | +11 min |
| 2026-03 | 146 | 74% | +34 min |
| 2026-04 | 164 | 80% | +7 min |
| 2026-05 | 184 | 88% | -6 min |
| 2026-06 | 146 | 84% | 0 min |
Performance by day of week
| Day | Flights | On-time |
|---|---|---|
| Mon | 253 | 77% |
| Tue | 256 | 80% |
| Wed | 245 | 70% |
| Thu | 248 | 75% |
| Fri | 251 | 69% |
| Sat | 227 | 79% |
| Sun | 258 | 70% |
AA flight numbers on DTW → ORD
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