RDU → ORD American Airlines

American Airlines · Raleigh/Durham, NC to Chicago, IL · 1,972 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 58 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -7 min, while the worst 10% run +70 min or later.
On-time arrival
74%
Median delay
-7 min
90th percentile
+70 min
Cancellation rate
3%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on RDU → ORD (1,972 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 74% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -7 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-time1,40374%
16-30 min1387%
31-60 min1367%
61-120 min1247%
2+ hrs935%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0713864%+19 min
2025-0813176%+13 min
2025-0913284%+6 min
2025-1017365%+23 min
2025-1116379%+3 min
2025-1216972%+14 min
2026-0111678%+8 min
2026-0214380%+18 min
2026-0318067%+24 min
2026-0418770%+19 min
2026-0519681%+13 min
2026-0616677%+14 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon28474%
Tue27077%
Wed27375%
Thu27172%
Fri27572%
Sat23976%
Sun28272%

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