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AA2012

Chicago (ORD) to Los Angeles (LAX) · scheduled 8:15 AM – 11:00 AM

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How AA2012 performs

559 operations, 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
78.0%
426 of 546 completed
Cancellation rate
2.33%
13 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-6 min
Average 11.5 min
Severe delays
7.9%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
99 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
80.8%
Left the gate on time

AA2012 arrived on time 78.0% of the time, against 76.5% for all ORDLAX flights — this specific departure is 1.5 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 3.8 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 559 operations between 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
AA201278.0%2.33%-6 min7.9%559
American Airlines on ORDLAX74.2%1.18%-5 min9.1%8,723
All ORDLAX flights76.5%1.17%-6 min8.4%20,424

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30

Other routes AA2012 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
MIADEN Miami to Denver2025-11-022026-04-0615471.3%
DFWSAT Dallas–Fort Worth to San Antonio2025-02-122025-02-121
BDLDCA Hartford to Washington2025-01-072025-01-071
AVLCLT Asheville to Charlotte2024-11-052024-11-051
LGARDU New York to Raleigh–Durham2024-04-042024-11-0416773.9%
RDULGA Raleigh–Durham to New York2024-04-042024-11-0415762.7%
DFWMCI Dallas–Fort Worth to Kansas City2024-08-312024-08-311
FCAORD Kalispell to Chicago2024-06-082024-08-039
ORDFCA Chicago to Kalispell2024-06-082024-08-039
SFOORD San Francisco to Chicago2024-06-042024-06-041
DCAMSY Washington to New Orleans2024-05-112024-06-014
MSYDCA New Orleans to Washington2024-05-112024-06-014
PHXLAS Phoenix to Las Vegas2024-05-232024-05-231
LAXORD Los Angeles to Chicago2023-12-052023-12-1915
LAXDFW Los Angeles to Dallas–Fort Worth2023-07-012023-11-0412475.4%

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA2012 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 559 records of AA2012 operating ORDLAX, 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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