EWR → ORD American Airlines

American Airlines · Newark, NJ to Chicago, IL · 1,494 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 32 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 89% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 50% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
75%
Median delay
-8 min
90th percentile
+76 min
Cancellation rate
5%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on EWR → ORD (1,494 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 75% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -8 min; the worst 10% ran +76 min or later. 5% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,05775%
16-30 min836%
31-60 min997%
61-120 min876%
2+ hrs896%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0711168%+20 min
2025-0812078%+21 min
2025-0911475%+10 min
2025-1012361%+19 min
2025-119771%+15 min
2025-1211563%+34 min
2026-019977%+16 min
2026-029775%+1 min
2026-0310677%+20 min
2026-0413585%+7 min
2026-0515384%+1 min
2026-0614577%+14 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon19976%
Tue20880%
Wed20576%
Thu20676%
Fri20970%
Sat19270%
Sun19674%

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