PIT → ORD American Airlines

American Airlines · Pittsburgh, PA to Chicago, IL · 1,838 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 86 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 97% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 54% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
78%
Median delay
-9 min
90th percentile
+67 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on PIT → ORD (1,838 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 78% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -9 min; the worst 10% ran +67 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,39678%
16-30 min1076%
31-60 min1086%
61-120 min935%
2+ hrs915%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0715771%+17 min
2025-0815884%+11 min
2025-0913880%+7 min
2025-1016579%+5 min
2025-1115780%+8 min
2025-1215166%+15 min
2026-0111573%+22 min
2026-0212286%-2 min
2026-0313468%+26 min
2026-0414378%+7 min
2026-0517583%+4 min
2026-0618083%+9 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon26975%
Tue26379%
Wed25277%
Thu27281%
Fri25677%
Sat21681%
Sun26773%

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