Flight profile · American Airlines
AA1489
Philadelphia (PHL) to San Diego (SAN) · scheduled 3:54 PM – 6:35 PM
How AA1489 performs
315 operations, 2024-06-05 to 2026-06-30.
AA1489 arrived on time 73.4% of the time, against 75.7% for all PHL → SAN flights — this specific departure is 2.3 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 2.3 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 315 operations between 2024-06-05 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA1489 | 73.4% | 1.90% | -2 min | 10.1% | 315 |
| American Airlines on PHL → SAN | 75.7% | 1.33% | -5 min | 8.2% | 3,005 |
| All PHL → SAN flights | 75.7% | 1.33% | -5 min | 8.2% | 3,005 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-06-05 to 2026-06-30
Other routes AA1489 has flown
A flight number is a slot in a schedule, and carriers reassign it. These are the other city pairs this number served in the analysis period.
| Route | Operated | Flights | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIA→PHL Miami to Philadelphia | 2026-04-07 – 2026-05-20 | 44 | — |
| DFW→ORD Dallas–Fort Worth to Chicago | 2026-03-08 – 2026-04-06 | 30 | — |
| DCA→CLT Washington to Charlotte | 2026-02-12 – 2026-03-07 | 24 | — |
| DFW→PHX Dallas–Fort Worth to Phoenix | 2025-11-02 – 2026-02-11 | 102 | 79.8% |
| IAH→DFW Houston to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2025-10-06 – 2025-11-01 | 27 | — |
| STL→ORD St. Louis to Chicago | 2025-05-06 – 2025-06-04 | 29 | — |
| JFK→ORD New York to Chicago | 2025-05-05 – 2025-05-05 | 1 | — |
| BDL→DCA Hartford to Washington | 2025-04-04 – 2025-05-04 | 26 | — |
| DCA→BDL Washington to Hartford | 2025-04-04 – 2025-05-04 | 26 | — |
| CLT→DFW Charlotte to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2024-12-05 – 2025-03-29 | 59 | — |
| LGA→ORD New York to Chicago | 2025-01-07 – 2025-02-12 | 32 | — |
| DFW→MIA Dallas–Fort Worth to Miami | 2023-11-05 – 2025-01-06 | 78 | — |
| BOS→DCA Boston to Washington | 2024-05-06 – 2024-06-04 | 30 | — |
| BOS→LGA Boston to New York | 2023-12-05 – 2024-05-04 | 33 | — |
| LGA→BOS New York to Boston | 2023-12-05 – 2024-04-03 | 108 | 83.8% |
| CLT→SAV Charlotte to Savannah | 2023-10-05 – 2023-11-04 | 31 | — |
| SAV→CLT Savannah to Charlotte | 2023-10-05 – 2023-11-04 | 29 | — |
| PWM→DFW Portland to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2023-09-07 – 2023-10-04 | 28 | — |
| SEA→DFW Seattle to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2023-07-06 – 2023-08-14 | 23 | — |
| SEA→PHL Seattle to Philadelphia | 2023-07-05 – 2023-07-05 | 1 | — |
| LAX→CLT Los Angeles to Charlotte | 2023-07-01 – 2023-07-04 | 4 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA1489 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Why AA1489 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
crew, maintenance, boarding, fuelling — within the carrier’s control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
screening or terminal security incidents
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for AA1489 on PHL → SAN. A single late flight can carry more than one cause, and only delays of fifteen minutes or more are attributed at all.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 315 records of AA1489 operating PHL → SAN, published by the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule. Cancelled and diverted flights are excluded from the on-time rate and reported separately. Flight numbers are resolved as carrier plus number plus route, because the same number serves different routes over time.