ORD → DSM American Airlines

American Airlines · Chicago, IL to Des Moines, IA · 1,772 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 67 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -1 min, while the worst 10% run +83 min or later.
On-time arrival
70%
Median delay
-1 min
90th percentile
+83 min
Cancellation rate
4%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on ORD → DSM (1,772 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 70% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -1 min; the worst 10% ran +83 min or later. 4% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,18970%
16-30 min1288%
31-60 min1509%
61-120 min1207%
2+ hrs1046%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0713862%+34 min
2025-0814469%+28 min
2025-0911777%+11 min
2025-1014369%+23 min
2025-1112477%+10 min
2025-1214253%+46 min
2026-019868%+15 min
2026-0212769%+18 min
2026-0314455%+33 min
2026-0418579%+9 min
2026-0519084%+5 min
2026-0613975%+8 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon25065%
Tue23677%
Wed23172%
Thu24768%
Fri24172%
Sat23572%
Sun25166%

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