SAT → ORD American Airlines

American Airlines · San Antonio, TX to Chicago, IL · 1,003 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 27 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 +58 min or later.
On-time arrival
76%
Median delay
-7 min
90th percentile
+58 min
Cancellation rate
3%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on SAT → ORD (1,003 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 76% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -7 min; the worst 10% ran +58 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time73176%
16-30 min697%
31-60 min738%
61-120 min606%
2+ hrs354%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-078363%+16 min
2025-087668%+19 min
2025-097173%+9 min
2025-108683%+6 min
2025-117575%+10 min
2025-128178%+7 min
2026-017978%+5 min
2026-027583%-1 min
2026-038471%+12 min
2026-048473%+3 min
2026-059187%+4 min
2026-068373%+8 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon15173%
Tue13779%
Wed12576%
Thu14579%
Fri14376%
Sat11675%
Sun15172%

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