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Flight Reliability

AA 616 · American Airlines

Atlanta → Chicago (ATL–ORD)

77
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
15 min
Average arrival delay
1.3%
Cancelled
8 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 160 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

AA 616 departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 68% between 3–6 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

AA 616 arrived on time 86% of the time on Wednesdays and just 63% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

A bit ahead of the ATL–ORD route.

AA 616 arrived on time 77% of the time, versus 71% across the ATL–ORD route.

Recent months have been rougher.

AA 616 arrived on time 73% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 82% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(22 flights)
  • Tue73%(22 flights)
  • Wed86%(22 flights)
  • Thu75%(24 flights)
  • Fri63%(24 flights)
  • Sat81%(21 flights)
  • Sun83%(23 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM87%(71 flights)
  • 3–6 PM68%(87 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 88% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202588%25
July 202587%30
August 202570%30
September 202580%30
October 202558%31
May 202682%11
Departures on time
78%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
158
Months covered
7

Same route, other flights

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Based on 160 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.