RIC → ORD American Airlines

American Airlines · Richmond, VA to Chicago, IL · 1,171 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 42 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -6 min, while the worst 10% run +81 min or later.
On-time arrival
72%
Median delay
-6 min
90th percentile
+81 min
Cancellation rate
4%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on RIC → ORD (1,171 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 72% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -6 min; the worst 10% ran +81 min or later. 4% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time80572%
16-30 min706%
31-60 min999%
61-120 min716%
2+ hrs686%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0711159%+43 min
2025-088566%+25 min
2025-099680%+6 min
2025-1011564%+28 min
2025-117370%+16 min
2025-127451%+80 min
2026-015876%+20 min
2026-029779%+7 min
2026-0311075%+14 min
2026-0411581%-2 min
2026-059685%-5 min
2026-068377%+18 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon16470%
Tue16074%
Wed15278%
Thu16870%
Fri16165%
Sat14577%
Sun16374%

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