TUS → ORD American Airlines

American Airlines · Tucson, AZ to Chicago, IL · 500 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 10 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 +79 min or later.
On-time arrival
75%
Median delay
-8 min
90th percentile
+79 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on TUS → ORD (500 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 75% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -8 min; the worst 10% ran +79 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time36275%
16-30 min388%
31-60 min225%
61-120 min306%
2+ hrs327%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-075768%+47 min
2025-083571%+10 min
2025-093057%+55 min
2025-103073%+57 min
2025-112972%+3 min
2025-124283%+9 min
2026-013476%+19 min
2026-022893%-3 min
2026-033073%+31 min
2026-045176%+4 min
2026-056077%+18 min
2026-065876%+11 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon6967%
Tue7186%
Wed6961%
Thu6879%
Fri6779%
Sat7175%
Sun6977%

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