Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records

AA 396 · New York (LGA) → Chicago (ORD)

Sold by American. Still flying: 56 of the last 56 days (Daily).

Arrives on time64%within 15 minutes, of 196 flights
Cancelled4.6%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late14%of flights that operated
When late, on average92 minlate, among flights 15+ min late

Schedule

Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport (Chicago is 1 h behind New York).

Leaves LGA
16:00
Arrives ORD
18:08
Flight time
3h 08m
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.

15+ min late36%
30+ min late28%
1h+ late14%
2h+ late8%
10%20%30%40%50% 015301h1h302h3h

Horizontal: minutes late at arrival (0 to 3 hours). Vertical: share of flights later than that.

Its hour at LGA

All flights leaving New York (LGA) at 4–5 pm, wherever they’re going: 68% left within 15 minutes and 5.1% were cancelled (9,158 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.