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Flight Reliability

AA 16 · American Airlines

San Francisco → New York (SFO–JFK)

69
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
75%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
1.8%
Cancelled
8 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 336 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

AA 16 departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 76% of the time, versus 66% between 12–3 PM.

Wednesdays have been rough.

AA 16 arrived on time 90% of the time on Fridays and just 67% on Wednesdays. That gap is worth planning around.

A bit behind the SFO–JFK route.

AA 16 arrived on time 75% of the time, versus 81% across the SFO–JFK route.

Recent months have been rougher.

AA 16 arrived on time 62% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 82% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon72%(47 flights)
  • Tue67%(49 flights)
  • Wed67%(49 flights)
  • Thu80%(49 flights)
  • Fri90%(49 flights)
  • Sat80%(35 flights)
  • Sun70%(47 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM76%(290 flights)
  • 12–3 PM66%(35 flights)
On-time trend by month
68%
May

Jun 63% → May 68% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202563%30
July 202576%29
August 202586%29
September 202587%30
October 202574%31
November 202582%28
December 202583%23
January 202692%24
February 202673%22
March 202667%27
April 202652%27
May 202668%25
Departures on time
77%
Diverted
1.5%
Flights flown
325
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

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Based on 336 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.