ORD → BUF American Airlines

American Airlines · Chicago, IL to Buffalo, NY · 1,226 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 38 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 88% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 42% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
71%
Median delay
-3 min
90th percentile
+74 min
Cancellation rate
3%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on ORD → BUF (1,226 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 71% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -3 min; the worst 10% ran +74 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time83971%
16-30 min968%
31-60 min1099%
61-120 min867%
2+ hrs605%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0712155%+38 min
2025-088876%+14 min
2025-098976%+19 min
2025-109176%+5 min
2025-1110275%+13 min
2025-129168%+18 min
2026-018476%+11 min
2026-027971%+22 min
2026-039969%+14 min
2026-0411173%+13 min
2026-0512171%+9 min
2026-0611466%+21 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon17871%
Tue17276%
Wed16869%
Thu17571%
Fri17172%
Sat15771%
Sun16964%

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