PBI → ORD American Airlines

American Airlines · West Palm Beach/Palm Beach, FL to Chicago, IL · 796 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 26 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 88% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 53% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
68%
Median delay
-1 min
90th percentile
+94 min
Cancellation rate
3%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on PBI → ORD (796 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 68% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -1 min; the worst 10% ran +94 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time52068%
16-30 min628%
31-60 min648%
61-120 min588%
2+ hrs638%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-075850%+46 min
2025-085147%+60 min
2025-094279%+15 min
2025-105461%+34 min
2025-118672%+26 min
2025-128779%+6 min
2026-016975%+5 min
2026-027571%+39 min
2026-036860%+37 min
2026-045862%+52 min
2026-056271%+8 min
2026-065777%+16 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon11563%
Tue10079%
Wed9576%
Thu11266%
Fri10966%
Sat11564%
Sun12164%

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