ORD → STL American Airlines

American Airlines · Chicago, IL to St. Louis, MO · 2,101 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 85 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -2 min, while the worst 10% run +70 min or later.
On-time arrival
70%
Median delay
-2 min
90th percentile
+70 min
Cancellation rate
3%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on ORD → STL (2,101 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 70% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -2 min; the worst 10% ran +70 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,42070%
16-30 min1648%
31-60 min20710%
61-120 min1457%
2+ hrs925%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0717057%+26 min
2025-0816368%+25 min
2025-0915484%+3 min
2025-1017769%+18 min
2025-1114675%+14 min
2025-1213755%+35 min
2026-0112160%+16 min
2026-0215570%+12 min
2026-0317468%+21 min
2026-0422369%+18 min
2026-0523478%+4 min
2026-0617479%+5 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon29265%
Tue29175%
Wed28573%
Thu30173%
Fri29565%
Sat25673%
Sun30866%

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