SEA → ORD American Airlines

American Airlines · Seattle, WA to Chicago, IL · 1,336 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 32 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 +69 min or later.
On-time arrival
73%
Median delay
-6 min
90th percentile
+69 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on SEA → ORD (1,336 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 73% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -6 min; the worst 10% ran +69 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time93973%
16-30 min1058%
31-60 min1108%
61-120 min796%
2+ hrs625%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0713264%+31 min
2025-0814453%+36 min
2025-0911779%+2 min
2025-1012186%-6 min
2025-117279%+11 min
2025-127770%+14 min
2026-015362%+25 min
2026-027688%-10 min
2026-038476%+21 min
2026-0412774%+20 min
2026-0514777%+10 min
2026-0614568%+28 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon18868%
Tue18783%
Wed17773%
Thu18772%
Fri19469%
Sat16476%
Sun19867%

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