PHL → ORD American Airlines

American Airlines · Philadelphia, PA to Chicago, IL · 2,948 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 81 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -8 min, while the worst 10% run +77 min or later.
On-time arrival
74%
Median delay
-8 min
90th percentile
+77 min
Cancellation rate
4%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on PHL → ORD (2,948 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 74% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -8 min; the worst 10% ran +77 min or later. 4% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2,08474%
16-30 min1997%
31-60 min1997%
61-120 min1836%
2+ hrs1545%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0722059%+42 min
2025-0826464%+27 min
2025-0924977%+6 min
2025-1026775%+17 min
2025-1123174%+12 min
2025-1220669%+18 min
2026-0117577%+16 min
2026-0220884%+6 min
2026-0321671%+39 min
2026-0424781%-1 min
2026-0527483%+2 min
2026-0626274%+8 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon39375%
Tue43878%
Wed42580%
Thu39672%
Fri40173%
Sat36875%
Sun39865%

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