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Flight Reliability

AA 3561 · American Airlines

Chicago → Little Rock (ORD–LIT)

65
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
68%
Arrive within 15 minutes
16 min
Average arrival delay
2.1%
Cancelled
3 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 292 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Saturdays have been rough.

AA 3561 arrived on time 75% of the time on Fridays and just 60% on Saturdays. That gap is worth planning around.

A bit behind the ORD–LIT route.

AA 3561 arrived on time 68% of the time, versus 73% across the ORD–LIT route.

Lagging the American Airlines network.

AA 3561 arrived on time 68% of the time, versus 77% across the American Airlines network.

Trending in the right direction.

AA 3561 arrived on time 74% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 64% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon71%(52 flights)
  • Tue—(9 flights)
  • Wed61%(41 flights)
  • Thu70%(47 flights)
  • Fri75%(44 flights)
  • Sat60%(40 flights)
  • Sun66%(53 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 PM—(9 flights)
  • 6–9 PM68%(277 flights)
On-time trend by month
89%
May

Jun 62% → May 89% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202562%26
July 202536%22
August 202581%21
September 202567%12
October 202577%26
November 202579%24
December 202559%27
January 202654%26
February 202679%24
March 202662%26
April 202671%24
May 202689%28
Departures on time
69%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
286
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

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Based on 292 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.