AA2161 SFO → PHL

American Airlines · San Francisco, CA to Philadelphia, PA · 159 flights observed, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · 2,522 mi

This flight's scheduled flight time has grown by 12 min since 2025-07 — some of the on-time performance may reflect a more generous published schedule, not a faster or more reliable flight.
On-time arrival
90%
Median delay
-11 min
90th percentile
+15 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How often is AA2161 on time?

Across 159 flights on SFO → PHL from 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30, AA2161 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 90% of the time. The median arrival delay was -11 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +15 min or later. 1% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time14290%
16-30 min74%
31-60 min11%
61-120 min43%
2+ hrs43%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073177%+44 min
2025-083083%-3 min
2025-092688%+1 min
2025-1030100%-16 min
2025-1110%+55 min
2026-0511100%-11 min
2026-0629100%-20 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon2282%
Tue24100%
Wed2391%
Thu2496%
Fri2492%
Sat1979%
Sun2286%

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