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AA1461

Chicago (ORD) to Boston (BOS) · scheduled 5:25 PM – 10:45 PM

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How AA1461 performs

419 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
57.0%
233 of 409 completed
Cancellation rate
1.67%
7 cancelled
Median arrival delay
10 min
Average 30.1 min
Severe delays
21.3%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
78 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
61.4%
Left the gate on time

AA1461 arrived on time 57.0% of the time, against 72.6% for all ORDBOS flights — this specific departure is 15.6 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 8.1 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 419 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
AA146157.0%1.67%10 min21.3%419
American Airlines on ORDBOS65.0%1.83%1 min15.3%5,186
All ORDBOS flights72.6%1.80%-5 min11.9%21,109

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

Other routes AA1461 has flown

A flight number is a slot in a schedule, and carriers reassign it. These are the other city pairs this number served in the analysis period.

RouteOperatedFlightsOn time
ORDPHL Chicago to Philadelphia2026-04-072026-05-2044
CLTEWR Charlotte to Newark2025-10-062026-04-0618154.7%
PHXPHL Phoenix to Philadelphia2025-09-032025-10-0533
SANORD San Diego to Chicago2025-05-052025-06-0431
MIASTT Miami to Charlotte Amalie2023-12-062025-05-0415289.9%
DFWCLT Dallas–Fort Worth to Charlotte2023-11-052025-03-2917583.0%
STTMIA Charlotte Amalie to Miami2023-12-062023-12-1711
PHXSAT Phoenix to San Antonio2023-10-052023-11-0431
SATPHX San Antonio to Phoenix2023-10-052023-11-0431

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA1461 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 419 records of AA1461 operating ORDBOS, published by the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule. Cancelled and diverted flights are excluded from the on-time rate and reported separately. Flight numbers are resolved as carrier plus number plus route, because the same number serves different routes over time.

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