SLC → ORD American Airlines

American Airlines · Salt Lake City, UT to Chicago, IL · 1,041 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 35 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -9 min, while the worst 10% run +70 min or later.
On-time arrival
75%
Median delay
-9 min
90th percentile
+70 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on SLC → ORD (1,041 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 75% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -9 min; the worst 10% ran +70 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time75875%
16-30 min737%
31-60 min656%
61-120 min616%
2+ hrs596%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-078964%+52 min
2025-087961%+18 min
2025-097275%+8 min
2025-108681%+17 min
2025-117682%-1 min
2025-128074%+17 min
2026-016475%+18 min
2026-0210482%+3 min
2026-0310173%+34 min
2026-048582%+0 min
2026-059375%+10 min
2026-068770%+18 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon15071%
Tue14081%
Wed13274%
Thu15076%
Fri14470%
Sat14876%
Sun15273%

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