SNA → ORD American Airlines

American Airlines · Santa Ana, CA to Chicago, IL · 1,172 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 12 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -8 min, while the worst 10% run +60 min or later.
On-time arrival
75%
Median delay
-8 min
90th percentile
+60 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on SNA → ORD (1,172 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 75% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -8 min; the worst 10% ran +60 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time85275%
16-30 min938%
31-60 min747%
61-120 min605%
2+ hrs535%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0711275%+13 min
2025-0811164%+34 min
2025-0910382%+2 min
2025-1011975%+11 min
2025-118479%+18 min
2025-128579%+5 min
2026-018272%+9 min
2026-028375%+5 min
2026-038873%+11 min
2026-048782%+6 min
2026-059380%-6 min
2026-068572%+16 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon16766%
Tue16385%
Wed16081%
Thu16478%
Fri16776%
Sat14677%
Sun16564%

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