AA1981 PHL → SAN

American Airlines · Philadelphia, PA to San Diego, CA · 19 flights observed, 2025-10-06 to 2025-10-30 · 2,370 mi

AA1981 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for PHL → SAN, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
76%
Median delay
-1 min
90th percentile
+27 min
Cancellation rate
0%

How often is AA1981 on time?

Across 19 flights on PHL → SAN from 2025-10-06 to 2025-10-30, AA1981 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 76% of the time. The median arrival delay was -1 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +27 min or later. 0% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1376%
16-30 min212%
31-60 min212%
61-120 min00%
2+ hrs00%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-101776%+2 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon10%
Tue367%
Wed475%
Thu3100%
Fri2100%
Sat10%
Sun3100%

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