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Flight Reliability

AA 6265 · American Airlines

Sacramento → Los Angeles (SMF–LAX)

97
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
92%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min early
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
11 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 357 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Thursday is the weak spot.

AA 6265 arrived on time 98% of the time on Fridays. On Thursdays: 89%.

A bit ahead of the SMF–LAX route.

AA 6265 arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 87% across the SMF–LAX route.

Well ahead of the American Airlines network.

AA 6265 arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 77% across the American Airlines network.

Slipping a little lately.

AA 6265 arrived on time 85% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 91% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon90%(49 flights)
  • Tue90%(51 flights)
  • Wed94%(52 flights)
  • Thu89%(52 flights)
  • Fri98%(51 flights)
  • Sat92%(49 flights)
  • Sun90%(50 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 93% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202593%30
July 202593%30
August 202592%25
September 2025100%28
October 2025100%31
November 202597%30
December 202590%31
January 202690%29
February 202693%28
March 202684%31
April 202680%30
May 202690%31
Departures on time
94%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
354
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

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Based on 357 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.