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AA 3421 on time

American Airlines 3421: Champaign to Chicago at 6:05 a.m. (past 12 months)

On time
84%
141 flights · likely 78–89%
Cancelled
1.4%
of scheduled flights
Typical arrival
−16 min
median vs schedule
When late
+353 min
average delay
Similar flights
85%
AA, same route & hour

About 1 in 6 AA 3421 flights from Champaign arrived 15+ minutes late, diverted or cancelled over the past year (16%); 1.4% were cancelled. The typical flight landed 16 minutes early.

AA 3421: CMI → ORD

Scheduled to leave Champaign at 6:05 a.m. local time, operated by Envoy as MQ 3421. Over the past year it arrived on time 84% of the time (141 flights), in line with other AA flights on the route at that hour (85%). Last seen in the data Aug 31, 2026.

Month by month

40%70%100%Sep 2024: too few flights (2 flights)SepApr 2025: 91% on time (23 flights)91AprMay 2025: 96% on time (26 flights)96MayJun 2025: 85% on time (26 flights)85JunJul 2025: 77% on time (26 flights)77JulAug 2025: 70% on time (27 flights)70AugSep 2025: too few flights (1 flights)SepApr 2026: 90% on time (20 flights)90AprMay 2026: 86% on time (28 flights)86MayJun 2026: 80% on time (30 flights)80JunJul 2026: 87% on time (31 flights)87JulAug 2026: 84% on time (31 flights)84Aug

By day of week

DayFlightsOn time
Monday2277%
Tuesday14—
Wednesday2190%
Thursday2181%
Friday2186%
Saturday2190%
Sunday2176%

Why it was late

Airline (crew, maintenance, ops) 91%Late inbound plane 6%Air traffic & airport (NAS) 3%

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Questions

How often is AA 3421 from CMI to ORD late?

American Airlines 3421 from Champaign/Urbana, IL to Chicago, IL arrived 15 or more minutes late, was diverted or was cancelled on 16% of 141 scheduled flights between September 2025 and August 2026. 1.4% 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.