Flight Reliability
AA 76 · American Airlines
New York → San Francisco (JFK–SFO)
90
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 89%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 8 min early
- Average arrival delay
- 1.8%
- Cancelled
- 13 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 336 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Saturdays have been rough.
AA 76 arrived on time 96% of the time on Fridays and just 80% on Saturdays. That gap is worth planning around.
Better than the JFK–SFO route average.
AA 76 arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 76% across the JFK–SFO route.
Better than the American Airlines network average.
AA 76 arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 77% across the American Airlines network.
Trending in the right direction.
AA 76 arrived on time 94% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 85% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon89%(47 flights)
- Tue92%(50 flights)
- Wed88%(50 flights)
- Thu90%(49 flights)
- Fri96%(50 flights)
- Sat80%(35 flights)
- Sun88%(49 flights)
96%
May
Jun 83% → May 96% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 83% | 30 |
| July 2025 | 90% | 31 |
| August 2025 | 87% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 90% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 94% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 90% | 29 |
| December 2025 | 83% | 23 |
| January 2026 | 96% | 24 |
| February 2026 | 77% | 22 |
| March 2026 | 92% | 26 |
| April 2026 | 93% | 27 |
| May 2026 | 96% | 26 |
- Departures on time
- 93%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 330
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
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.