ORD → SAT American Airlines

American Airlines · Chicago, IL to San Antonio, TX · 1,001 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 28 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 81% on-time departing 9am–12pm vs. 35% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
73%
Median delay
-7 min
90th percentile
+64 min
Cancellation rate
3%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on ORD → SAT (1,001 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 73% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -7 min; the worst 10% ran +64 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time70773%
16-30 min738%
31-60 min869%
61-120 min717%
2+ hrs333%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-078568%+12 min
2025-087966%+20 min
2025-097172%+10 min
2025-108679%+8 min
2025-117579%+1 min
2025-128172%+9 min
2026-017768%+4 min
2026-027382%-1 min
2026-038574%+2 min
2026-048572%+4 min
2026-059076%+9 min
2026-068369%+16 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon15671%
Tue13579%
Wed12873%
Thu14477%
Fri14473%
Sat11569%
Sun14869%

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