ORD → TUS American Airlines

American Airlines · Chicago, IL to Tucson, AZ · 502 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 10 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 92% on-time departing 3–6pm vs. 45% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
67%
Median delay
0 min
90th percentile
+84 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on ORD → TUS (502 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 67% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay 0 min; the worst 10% ran +84 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time33167%
16-30 min5110%
31-60 min398%
61-120 min459%
2+ hrs275%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-075744%+59 min
2025-083476%+17 min
2025-093083%+8 min
2025-103168%+14 min
2025-113087%-6 min
2025-124470%+17 min
2026-013566%+12 min
2026-022875%-1 min
2026-033177%+9 min
2026-045355%+38 min
2026-056167%+20 min
2026-065966%+19 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon7158%
Tue7281%
Wed7066%
Thu6872%
Fri7159%
Sat7166%
Sun7069%

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