ORD → LAX American Airlines

American Airlines · Chicago, IL to Los Angeles, CA · 3,052 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 80 flight numbers

On-time arrival
70%
Median delay
-1 min
90th percentile
+68 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on ORD → LAX (3,052 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 70% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -1 min; the worst 10% ran +68 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2,07470%
16-30 min30810%
31-60 min2579%
61-120 min1997%
2+ hrs1405%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0727762%+22 min
2025-0827168%+29 min
2025-0926575%+12 min
2025-1025164%+16 min
2025-1123278%+6 min
2025-1223270%+16 min
2026-0119677%+3 min
2026-0222277%+2 min
2026-0324474%+8 min
2026-0423559%+27 min
2026-0526779%+6 min
2026-0628656%+43 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon43066%
Tue44973%
Wed42273%
Thu42171%
Fri42770%
Sat39868%
Sun43166%

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