SAN → ORD American Airlines

American Airlines · San Diego, CA to Chicago, IL · 1,386 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 23 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -9 min, while the worst 10% run +53 min or later.
On-time arrival
78%
Median delay
-9 min
90th percentile
+53 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on SAN → ORD (1,386 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 78% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -9 min; the worst 10% ran +53 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,04778%
16-30 min917%
31-60 min897%
61-120 min645%
2+ hrs554%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0714776%+13 min
2025-0814066%+24 min
2025-0912282%-2 min
2025-1012181%+2 min
2025-118280%-1 min
2025-128181%-3 min
2026-016167%+15 min
2026-028782%+7 min
2026-0311276%+23 min
2026-0411773%+25 min
2026-0513387%-7 min
2026-0614380%+9 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon19576%
Tue19585%
Wed18578%
Thu19978%
Fri19677%
Sat17875%
Sun19874%

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