PHL → SFO American Airlines

American Airlines · Philadelphia, PA to San Francisco, CA · 1,288 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 20 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -5 min, while the worst 10% run +57 min or later.
On-time arrival
75%
Median delay
-5 min
90th percentile
+57 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on PHL → SFO (1,288 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 75% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -5 min; the worst 10% ran +57 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time94575%
16-30 min937%
31-60 min1038%
61-120 min716%
2+ hrs514%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0711666%+25 min
2025-0811068%+12 min
2025-0911487%-6 min
2025-1012285%-2 min
2025-118891%-11 min
2025-1210168%+29 min
2026-017872%+15 min
2026-027278%-4 min
2026-038884%+3 min
2026-0410574%+9 min
2026-0512573%+8 min
2026-0614460%+26 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon18873%
Tue17483%
Wed16981%
Thu18969%
Fri19072%
Sat16972%
Sun18474%

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