ORD → SAN American Airlines

American Airlines · Chicago, IL to San Diego, CA · 1,385 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 25 flight numbers

This route'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
68%
Median delay
+1 min
90th percentile
+67 min
Cancellation rate
2%

How on-time is American Airlines from ORD to SAN?

Across every American Airlines flight number on ORD → SAN (1,385 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 68% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +1 min; the worst 10% ran +67 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time91768%
16-30 min13310%
31-60 min14311%
61-120 min1179%
2+ hrs473%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0714864%+23 min
2025-0814276%+9 min
2025-0912080%+6 min
2025-1012278%+7 min
2025-118271%+15 min
2025-128265%+15 min
2026-016167%+28 min
2026-028660%+16 min
2026-0311569%+13 min
2026-0411847%+25 min
2026-0513470%+8 min
2026-0614763%+24 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon19866%
Tue19871%
Wed18968%
Thu20169%
Fri19866%
Sat17968%
Sun19465%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…