Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records
AA 1979 · Chicago (ORD) → Los Angeles (LAX)
Sold by American. Still flying: 56 of the last 56 days (Daily).
Arrives on time74%within 15 minutes, of 273 flights
Cancelled0.0%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late9%of flights that operated
When late, on average69 minlate, among flights 15+ min late
Schedule
Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport (Los Angeles is 2 h behind Chicago).
- Leaves ORD
- 09:02
- Arrives LAX
- 11:24
- Flight time
- 4h 21m
- Days flown, last 8 weeks
- 56 of 56
Each square is a day, Sat Jun 6 to Fri Jul 31, two weeks per row (each column is the same weekday); filled = flew.
How late it arrives
Share of flights that operated arriving more than this late.
Horizontal: minutes late at arrival (0 to 3 hours). Vertical: share of flights later than that.
Its hour at ORD
All flights leaving Chicago (ORD) at 9–10 am, wherever they’re going: 80% left within 15 minutes and 1.5% were cancelled (25,877 flights in the year). Other American flights on this route →
Upcoming forecasts
Our odds that this flight is late or cancelled on the days we publish.