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AA2549

Chicago (ORD) to Newark (EWR) · scheduled 8:30 PM – 11:59 PM

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How AA2549 performs

152 operations, 2025-06-05 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
46.9%
67 of 143 completed
Cancellation rate
5.92%
9 cancelled
Median arrival delay
20 min
Average 40.4 min
Severe delays
31.5%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
87 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
39.9%
Left the gate on time

AA2549 arrived on time 46.9% of the time, against 72.0% for all ORDEWR flights — this specific departure is 25.2 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 13.1 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 152 operations between 2025-06-05 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
AA254946.9%5.92%20 min31.5%152
American Airlines on ORDEWR59.9%3.18%4 min19.0%2,326
All ORDEWR flights72.0%2.61%-5 min12.9%17,938

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-06-05 to 2026-06-30

Other routes AA2549 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
CLTAVL Charlotte to Asheville2025-04-042026-05-2075
AUSCLT Austin to Charlotte2023-07-012026-04-0664189.8%
RSWPHL Fort Myers to Philadelphia2025-05-052025-06-0431
ORDAUS Chicago to Austin2025-03-062025-03-2820
ORDLAS Chicago to Las Vegas2025-02-132025-03-0521
XNADFW Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers to Dallas–Fort Worth2024-12-192024-12-191

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA2549 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 152 records of AA2549 operating ORDEWR, 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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