ORD → PHL American Airlines

American Airlines · Chicago, IL to Philadelphia, PA · 2,952 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 83 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -4 min, while the worst 10% run +80 min or later.
On-time arrival
72%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+80 min
Cancellation rate
4%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on ORD → PHL (2,952 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 72% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -4 min; the worst 10% ran +80 min or later. 4% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2,04972%
16-30 min1947%
31-60 min2198%
61-120 min2057%
2+ hrs1726%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0722259%+58 min
2025-0826571%+19 min
2025-0925074%+19 min
2025-1027276%+25 min
2025-1123375%+13 min
2025-1220764%+23 min
2026-0117573%+17 min
2026-0220782%+8 min
2026-0322265%+29 min
2026-0424975%+12 min
2026-0527679%+14 min
2026-0626171%+20 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon40666%
Tue43777%
Wed42874%
Thu39873%
Fri40872%
Sat37275%
Sun39068%

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