American Airlines SFO to PHL on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from San Francisco to Philadelphia · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
85%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.8%
24 flights
Avg arrival delay
17 min
104 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 2
route average 85% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on SFO to PHL arrived on time 85% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.8% were cancelled, and 5% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #2 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 85% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (49%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft49%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)42%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion7%
- Extreme weather2%
- Security0%
Other airlines on SFO to PHL
- United Airlines86% on time · 8 min avg delay
Full SFO to PHL comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
1,318 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 24 cancelled, 1 diverted.
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.