Flight profile · American Airlines
AA486
Chicago (ORD) to Orlando (MCO) · scheduled 5:07 PM – 8:26 PM
How AA486 performs
130 operations, 2025-06-05 to 2026-06-30.
AA486 arrived on time 36.7% of the time, against 75.4% for all ORD → MCO flights — this specific departure is 38.7 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 33.3 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 130 operations between 2025-06-05 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA486 | 36.7% | 1.54% | 34 min | 35.2% | 130 |
| American Airlines on ORD → MCO | 70.0% | 1.49% | -3 min | 12.5% | 4,952 |
| All ORD → MCO flights | 75.4% | 1.47% | -6 min | 9.7% | 16,695 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-06-05 to 2026-06-30
Other routes AA486 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 AA486 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Why AA486 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
crew, maintenance, boarding, fuelling — within the carrier’s control
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for AA486 on ORD → MCO. A single late flight can carry more than one cause, and only delays of fifteen minutes or more are attributed at all.
Other departures on ORD → MCO
Same airports, same journey — and not the same odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA2323 | United Airlines | 86.1% | 10 min early | 727 |
Every departure listed carries at least 600 operations, so the comparison is between figures that mean something. Schedules change; confirm the departure still operates before booking around this.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 130 records of AA486 operating ORD → MCO, 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.