Flight Reliability
AA 2161 · American Airlines
San Francisco → Philadelphia (SFO–PHL)97% of its flights flew this route. The rest (DFW–TUL) are included in these numbers.
- 87%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 7 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0%
- Cancelled
- 10 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 159 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Saturdays have been rough.
AA 2161 arrived on time 96% of the time on Thursdays and just 74% on Saturdays. That gap is worth planning around.
Better than the American Airlines network average.
AA 2161 arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 77% across the American Airlines network.
It basically never cancels.
Out of 159 scheduled flights, only 0.0% were cancelled.
Trending in the right direction.
AA 2161 arrived on time 96% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 82% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon82%(22 flights)
- Tue96%(23 flights)
- Wed91%(23 flights)
- Thu96%(24 flights)
- Fri92%(24 flights)
- Sat74%(19 flights)
- Sun78%(23 flights)
- 6–9 AM88%(154 flights)
- 6–9 PM—(4 flights)
Jun 86% → May 100% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 86% | 29 |
| July 2025 | 77% | 31 |
| August 2025 | 83% | 30 |
| September 2025 | 89% | 26 |
| October 2025 | 100% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 100% | 11 |
- Departures on time
- 90%
- Diverted
- 0.6%
- Flights flown
- 158
- Months covered
- 7
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 159 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.