ORD → SFO American Airlines

American Airlines · Chicago, IL to San Francisco, CA · 1,764 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 36 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 78% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 36% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
64%
Median delay
+2 min
90th percentile
+75 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on ORD → SFO (1,764 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 64% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +2 min; the worst 10% ran +75 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,10664%
16-30 min17910%
31-60 min21112%
61-120 min1408%
2+ hrs945%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0717465%+24 min
2025-0818173%+16 min
2025-0917477%+5 min
2025-1018466%+19 min
2025-118972%+30 min
2025-128366%+14 min
2026-015167%+29 min
2026-0210567%+9 min
2026-0314958%+22 min
2026-0417765%+20 min
2026-0518954%+29 min
2026-0617444%+37 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon24159%
Tue25871%
Wed25466%
Thu24566%
Fri25159%
Sat23670%
Sun24557%

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