AA1959 ORD → SFO

American Airlines · Chicago, IL to San Francisco, CA · 36 flights observed, 2025-07-01 to 2025-08-05 · 1,846 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 100% on-time on Thursdays vs. 20% on Fridays.

AA1959 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
63%
Median delay
+13 min
90th percentile
+62 min
Cancellation rate
3%

How often is AA1959 on time?

Across 36 flights on ORD → SFO from 2025-07-01 to 2025-08-05, AA1959 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 63% of the time. The median arrival delay was +13 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +62 min or later. 3% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2263%
16-30 min411%
31-60 min514%
61-120 min411%
2+ hrs00%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073063%+14 min
2025-08560%+29 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon560%
Tue667%
Wed580%
Thu5100%
Fri520%
Sat450%
Sun560%

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