ORD → EWR American Airlines

American Airlines · Chicago, IL to Newark, NJ · 1,496 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 33 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 88% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 52% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
67%
Median delay
-1 min
90th percentile
+89 min
Cancellation rate
5%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on ORD → EWR (1,496 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 67% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -1 min; the worst 10% ran +89 min or later. 5% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time95567%
16-30 min1047%
31-60 min13610%
61-120 min14610%
2+ hrs836%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0711261%+34 min
2025-0812164%+20 min
2025-0911466%+19 min
2025-1012264%+20 min
2025-119976%+12 min
2025-1211454%+26 min
2026-0110273%+14 min
2026-029671%+8 min
2026-0310768%+26 min
2026-0413875%+11 min
2026-0515473%+13 min
2026-0614561%+23 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon20261%
Tue21377%
Wed20271%
Thu20964%
Fri21067%
Sat18967%
Sun19963%

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