SYR → ORD American Airlines

American Airlines · Syracuse, NY to Chicago, IL · 1,236 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 48 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -7 min, while the worst 10% run +58 min or later.
On-time arrival
77%
Median delay
-7 min
90th percentile
+58 min
Cancellation rate
3%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on SYR → ORD (1,236 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 77% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -7 min; the worst 10% ran +58 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time91677%
16-30 min746%
31-60 min837%
61-120 min625%
2+ hrs534%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0711577%+14 min
2025-0810974%+15 min
2025-099884%+4 min
2025-1011673%+14 min
2025-1110070%+13 min
2025-1210356%+36 min
2026-016785%-5 min
2026-027083%-3 min
2026-038277%+16 min
2026-0410885%-6 min
2026-0511085%-1 min
2026-0611080%+4 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon17273%
Tue17081%
Wed16175%
Thu17579%
Fri17579%
Sat15677%
Sun17975%

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