AA1253 ORD → SFO

American Airlines · Chicago, IL to San Francisco, CA · 311 flights observed, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · 1,846 mi

This flight runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 91% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 47% departing 12–3pm.

AA1253 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for ORD → SFO, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
71%
Median delay
-2 min
90th percentile
+80 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How often is AA1253 on time?

Across 311 flights on ORD → SFO from 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30, AA1253 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 71% of the time. The median arrival delay was -2 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +80 min or later. 1% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time22071%
16-30 min237%
31-60 min279%
61-120 min196%
2+ hrs206%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073181%+25 min
2025-083181%+15 min
2025-092789%-7 min
2025-10540%+67 min
2025-112976%+23 min
2025-123158%+22 min
2026-013067%+32 min
2026-021182%-18 min
2026-032352%+25 min
2026-043087%+4 min
2026-053171%+24 min
2026-063050%+18 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon4470%
Tue4683%
Wed4470%
Thu4360%
Fri4461%
Sat4377%
Sun4576%

Based on US Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading live conditions and full charts…