ORD → ALB American Airlines

American Airlines · Chicago, IL to Albany, NY · 1,073 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 30 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 92% on-time departing 9am–12pm vs. 50% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
78%
Median delay
-8 min
90th percentile
+48 min
Cancellation rate
4%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on ORD → ALB (1,073 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 78% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -8 min; the worst 10% ran +48 min or later. 4% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time80878%
16-30 min767%
31-60 min676%
61-120 min586%
2+ hrs252%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-078576%+6 min
2025-087975%+8 min
2025-098588%-1 min
2025-109277%+3 min
2025-1110281%+1 min
2025-127670%+12 min
2026-015163%+15 min
2026-026871%+8 min
2026-038775%+10 min
2026-0410377%0 min
2026-0512091%-10 min
2026-068680%+6 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon15377%
Tue14578%
Wed13880%
Thu15180%
Fri15380%
Sat13878%
Sun15674%

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