LAX → ORD American Airlines

American Airlines · Los Angeles, CA to Chicago, IL · 3,051 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 86 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 +71 min or later.
On-time arrival
74%
Median delay
-5 min
90th percentile
+71 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on LAX → ORD (3,051 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 74% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -5 min; the worst 10% ran +71 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2,17774%
16-30 min2258%
31-60 min2027%
61-120 min1886%
2+ hrs1615%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0727774%+19 min
2025-0826669%+26 min
2025-0926677%+10 min
2025-1025076%+8 min
2025-1122871%+16 min
2025-1223272%+30 min
2026-0119479%+9 min
2026-0222483%+2 min
2026-0323871%+21 min
2026-0423074%+15 min
2026-0526674%+16 min
2026-0628267%+26 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon42571%
Tue44679%
Wed42075%
Thu41775%
Fri42874%
Sat38975%
Sun42867%

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