SFO → ORD American Airlines
American Airlines · San Francisco, CA to Chicago, IL · 1,763 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 33 flight numbers
On-time arrival
74%
Median delay
-8 min
90th percentile
+65 min
Cancellation rate
2%
How on-time is American Airlines from SFO to ORD?
Across every American Airlines flight number on SFO → ORD (1,763 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 74% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -8 min; the worst 10% ran +65 min or later. 2% were cancelled.
Delay distribution
Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).
| Arrival | Flights | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Early / on-time | 1,268 | 74% |
| 16-30 min | 137 | 8% |
| 31-60 min | 127 | 7% |
| 61-120 min | 93 | 5% |
| 2+ hrs | 95 | 6% |
Performance by month
| Month | Flights | On-time | Avg delay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07 | 174 | 72% | +40 min |
| 2025-08 | 179 | 75% | +8 min |
| 2025-09 | 173 | 77% | +13 min |
| 2025-10 | 185 | 79% | +17 min |
| 2025-11 | 89 | 83% | -4 min |
| 2025-12 | 83 | 88% | -9 min |
| 2026-01 | 51 | 75% | +4 min |
| 2026-02 | 106 | 85% | +10 min |
| 2026-03 | 148 | 72% | +17 min |
| 2026-04 | 171 | 60% | +30 min |
| 2026-05 | 187 | 66% | +25 min |
| 2026-06 | 174 | 70% | +35 min |
Performance by day of week
| Day | Flights | On-time |
|---|---|---|
| Mon | 237 | 71% |
| Tue | 253 | 80% |
| Wed | 256 | 74% |
| Thu | 243 | 72% |
| Fri | 250 | 70% |
| Sat | 235 | 79% |
| Sun | 246 | 70% |
AA flight numbers on SFO → ORD
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