SFO → JFK American Airlines

American Airlines · San Francisco, CA to New York, NY · 1,448 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 7 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -13 min, while the worst 10% run +48 min or later.
On-time arrival
82%
Median delay
-13 min
90th percentile
+48 min
Cancellation rate
3%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on SFO → JFK (1,448 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 82% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -13 min; the worst 10% ran +48 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,14082%
16-30 min635%
31-60 min725%
61-120 min695%
2+ hrs494%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0711475%+17 min
2025-0812189%+0 min
2025-0911992%-8 min
2025-1012284%+7 min
2025-1111584%-3 min
2025-1210386%-11 min
2026-0110981%+30 min
2026-029978%+23 min
2026-0311881%+12 min
2026-0411679%+0 min
2026-0511575%+22 min
2026-0614277%+16 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon19782%
Tue20981%
Wed20178%
Thu20082%
Fri20387%
Sat18683%
Sun19780%

AA flight numbers on SFO → JFK

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