Flight Reliability
AA 2590 · American Airlines
Santa Ana → Chicago (SNA–ORD)
87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 88%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 4 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.4%
- Cancelled
- 15 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 362 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
AA 2590 arrived on time 94% of the time on Fridays. On Sundays: 80%.
Better than the SNA–ORD route average.
AA 2590 arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 77% across the SNA–ORD route.
Better than the American Airlines network average.
AA 2590 arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 77% across the American Airlines network.
Ticking up lately.
AA 2590 arrived on time 89% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 85% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon87%(52 flights)
- Tue92%(49 flights)
- Wed94%(50 flights)
- Thu88%(50 flights)
- Fri94%(51 flights)
- Sat83%(52 flights)
- Sun80%(50 flights)
- 6–9 AM88%(353 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM—(1 flights)
94%
May
Jun 93% → May 94% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 93% | 30 |
| July 2025 | 89% | 28 |
| August 2025 | 87% | 30 |
| September 2025 | 90% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 90% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 86% | 29 |
| December 2025 | 90% | 30 |
| January 2026 | 82% | 27 |
| February 2026 | 82% | 28 |
| March 2026 | 83% | 30 |
| April 2026 | 90% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 94% | 31 |
- Departures on time
- 86%
- Diverted
- 0.8%
- Flights flown
- 354
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 362 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.