LGA → ORD American Airlines

American Airlines · New York, NY to Chicago, IL · 3,472 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 95 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 93% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 52% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
68%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+90 min
Cancellation rate
5%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on LGA → ORD (3,472 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 68% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -4 min; the worst 10% ran +90 min or later. 5% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2,24068%
16-30 min2849%
31-60 min2859%
61-120 min2708%
2+ hrs2116%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0727060%+46 min
2025-0827168%+32 min
2025-0927471%+10 min
2025-1029157%+26 min
2025-1126362%+22 min
2025-1227462%+27 min
2026-0126378%+5 min
2026-0224381%+1 min
2026-0327259%+30 min
2026-0428573%+9 min
2026-0530376%+8 min
2026-0628169%+28 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon47067%
Tue49673%
Wed49368%
Thu48668%
Fri50069%
Sat38378%
Sun46256%

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