STL → ORD American Airlines

American Airlines · St. Louis, MO to Chicago, IL · 2,102 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 93 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 95% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 55% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
73%
Median delay
-6 min
90th percentile
+81 min
Cancellation rate
3%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on STL → ORD (2,102 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 73% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -6 min; the worst 10% ran +81 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,48073%
16-30 min1316%
31-60 min1628%
61-120 min1276%
2+ hrs1286%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0716966%+21 min
2025-0816270%+22 min
2025-0915484%+7 min
2025-1017769%+22 min
2025-1114971%+19 min
2025-1214064%+37 min
2026-0112069%+14 min
2026-0215585%+0 min
2026-0317471%+33 min
2026-0422272%+35 min
2026-0523381%+10 min
2026-0617371%+26 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon29568%
Tue29075%
Wed27977%
Thu30275%
Fri29371%
Sat25877%
Sun31168%

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