AA1543 ORD → SAN

American Airlines · Chicago, IL to San Diego, CA · 272 flights observed, 2025-07-01 to 2026-04-06 · 1,723 mi

This flight's scheduled flight time has grown by 16 min since 2025-07 — some of the on-time performance may reflect a more generous published schedule, not a faster or more reliable flight.

AA1543 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for ORD → SAN, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
66%
Median delay
+3 min
90th percentile
+81 min
Cancellation rate
3%

How often is AA1543 on time?

Across 272 flights on ORD → SAN from 2025-07-01 to 2026-04-06, AA1543 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 66% of the time. The median arrival delay was +3 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +81 min or later. 3% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time17366%
16-30 min2811%
31-60 min2610%
61-120 min208%
2+ hrs166%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073047%+41 min
2025-083161%+30 min
2025-092976%+11 min
2025-103080%+7 min
2025-112774%+37 min
2025-122763%+25 min
2026-012665%+47 min
2026-022861%+9 min
2026-032966%+16 min
2026-04667%+10 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon3868%
Tue3972%
Wed3762%
Thu3858%
Fri3969%
Sat3667%
Sun3664%

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