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).
| Arrival | Flights | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Early / on-time | 2,074 | 70% |
| 16-30 min | 308 | 10% |
| 31-60 min | 257 | 9% |
| 61-120 min | 199 | 7% |
| 2+ hrs | 140 | 5% |
Performance by month
| Month | Flights | On-time | Avg delay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07 | 277 | 62% | +22 min |
| 2025-08 | 271 | 68% | +29 min |
| 2025-09 | 265 | 75% | +12 min |
| 2025-10 | 251 | 64% | +16 min |
| 2025-11 | 232 | 78% | +6 min |
| 2025-12 | 232 | 70% | +16 min |
| 2026-01 | 196 | 77% | +3 min |
| 2026-02 | 222 | 77% | +2 min |
| 2026-03 | 244 | 74% | +8 min |
| 2026-04 | 235 | 59% | +27 min |
| 2026-05 | 267 | 79% | +6 min |
| 2026-06 | 286 | 56% | +43 min |
Performance by day of week
| Day | Flights | On-time |
|---|---|---|
| Mon | 430 | 66% |
| Tue | 449 | 73% |
| Wed | 422 | 73% |
| Thu | 421 | 71% |
| Fri | 427 | 70% |
| Sat | 398 | 68% |
| Sun | 431 | 66% |
AA flight numbers on ORD → LAX
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