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AA 1598 on time

American Airlines 1598: Los Angeles to Chicago at 8:00 a.m. (past 12 months)

On time
84%
182 flights · likely 77–88%
Cancelled
0.5%
of scheduled flights
Typical arrival
−14 min
median vs schedule
When late
+87 min
average delay
Similar flights
77%
AA, same route & hour

About 1 in 6 AA 1598 flights from Los Angeles arrived 15+ minutes late, diverted or cancelled over the past year (16%); 0.5% were cancelled. The typical flight landed 14 minutes early.

AA 1598: LAX → ORD

Scheduled to leave Los Angeles at 8:00 a.m. local time. Over the past year it arrived on time 84% of the time (182 flights), better than other AA flights on the route at that hour (77%). Last seen in the data Aug 31, 2026.

Month by month

40%70%100%Apr 2025: 97% on time (30 flights)97AprMay 2025: 84% on time (31 flights)84MayJun 2025: 90% on time (30 flights)90JunJul 2025: 90% on time (31 flights)90JulAug 2025: 93% on time (27 flights)93AugSep 2025: 90% on time (30 flights)90SepOct 2025: too few flights (5 flights)OctApr 2026: 96% on time (24 flights)96AprMay 2026: 90% on time (31 flights)90MayJun 2026: 77% on time (30 flights)77JunJul 2026: 81% on time (31 flights)81JulAug 2026: 68% on time (31 flights)68Aug

By day of week

DayFlightsOn time
Monday2673%
Tuesday2692%
Wednesday2696%
Thursday2685%
Friday2677%
Saturday2685%
Sunday2677%

Why it was late

Late inbound plane 58%Air traffic & airport (NAS) 30%Airline (crew, maintenance, ops) 12%

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Questions

How often is AA 1598 from LAX to ORD late?

American Airlines 1598 from Los Angeles, CA to Chicago, IL arrived 15 or more minutes late, was diverted or was cancelled on 16% of 182 scheduled flights between September 2025 and August 2026. 0.5% were cancelled.

Flight numbers change. Figures cover flights with this airline, number and route only. "Likely range" is the 95% interval for the true on-time rate given the number of flights. This is history, not live status: check American Airlines for today's flight. Method.