Flight profile · American Airlines
AA1979
Chicago (ORD) to Los Angeles (LAX) · scheduled 9:45 AM – 12:33 PM
How AA1979 performs
651 operations, 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 651 operations between 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA1979 | 76.7% | 0.61% | -7 min | 6.8% | 651 |
| American Airlines on ORD → LAX | 74.2% | 1.18% | -5 min | 9.1% | 8,723 |
| All ORD → LAX flights | 76.5% | 1.17% | -6 min | 8.4% | 20,424 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30
Other routes AA1979 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.
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA1979 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 651 records of AA1979 operating ORD → LAX, 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.