JFK → ORD American Airlines

American Airlines · New York, NY to Chicago, IL · 1,027 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 30 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -7 min, while the worst 10% run +58 min or later.
On-time arrival
78%
Median delay
-7 min
90th percentile
+58 min
Cancellation rate
5%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on JFK → ORD (1,027 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 78% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -7 min; the worst 10% ran +58 min or later. 5% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time75778%
16-30 min546%
31-60 min677%
61-120 min525%
2+ hrs414%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-075567%+28 min
2025-085884%-2 min
2025-098785%+1 min
2025-109173%+19 min
2025-118567%+17 min
2025-129961%+36 min
2026-018180%+2 min
2026-027279%+2 min
2026-038177%+12 min
2026-048687%-4 min
2026-059285%+4 min
2026-068492%-8 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon13978%
Tue14385%
Wed14275%
Thu13981%
Fri14177%
Sat13176%
Sun13675%

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