IAH → ORD American Airlines

American Airlines · Houston, TX to Chicago, IL · 1,520 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 68 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -5 min, while the worst 10% run +82 min or later.
On-time arrival
70%
Median delay
-5 min
90th percentile
+82 min
Cancellation rate
3%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on IAH → ORD (1,520 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 70% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -5 min; the worst 10% ran +82 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,02970%
16-30 min1077%
31-60 min1319%
61-120 min1087%
2+ hrs916%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0712859%+48 min
2025-0814265%+24 min
2025-0914476%+11 min
2025-1013880%+30 min
2025-118958%+23 min
2025-1210570%+20 min
2026-019276%+11 min
2026-029784%+1 min
2026-0311070%+37 min
2026-0413370%+12 min
2026-0515274%+9 min
2026-0613658%+31 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon22166%
Tue20976%
Wed20471%
Thu21773%
Fri21967%
Sat17576%
Sun22164%

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