MSY → ORD American Airlines

American Airlines · New Orleans, LA to Chicago, IL · 1,083 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 47 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -6 min, while the worst 10% run +57 min or later.
On-time arrival
77%
Median delay
-6 min
90th percentile
+57 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on MSY → ORD (1,083 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 77% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -6 min; the worst 10% ran +57 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time80877%
16-30 min757%
31-60 min616%
61-120 min555%
2+ hrs474%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-078576%+15 min
2025-086488%-6 min
2025-095891%-5 min
2025-108779%+8 min
2025-1110781%+20 min
2025-1210870%+33 min
2026-019477%+20 min
2026-029280%+11 min
2026-039671%+30 min
2026-048371%+9 min
2026-058886%-3 min
2026-068463%+31 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon14774%
Tue15585%
Wed15880%
Thu14477%
Fri14778%
Sat14678%
Sun14969%

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