AA859 ORD → PSP

American Airlines · Chicago, IL to Palm Springs, CA · 53 flights observed, 2025-11-02 to 2026-01-04 · 1,651 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 89% on-time on Mondays vs. 40% on Sundays.

AA859 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for ORD → PSP, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
64%
Median delay
-10 min
90th percentile
+62 min
Cancellation rate
0%

How often is AA859 on time?

Across 53 flights on ORD → PSP from 2025-11-02 to 2026-01-04, AA859 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 64% of the time. The median arrival delay was -10 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +62 min or later. 0% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time3464%
16-30 min611%
31-60 min611%
61-120 min36%
2+ hrs48%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-112273%+23 min
2025-122759%+43 min
2026-01450%+12 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon989%
Tue560%
Wed450%
Thu771%
Fri978%
Sat956%
Sun1040%

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