Flight profile · American Airlines
AA16
San Francisco (SFO) to New York (JFK) · scheduled 10:40 AM – 9:59 PM
How AA16 performs
1,013 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.
AA16 arrived on time 77.7% of the time, against 80.8% for all SFO → JFK flights — this specific departure is 3.1 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 5.6 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 1,013 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA16 | 77.7% | 0.99% | -9 min | 8.8% | 1,013 |
| American Airlines on SFO → JFK | 83.3% | 1.46% | -14 min | 6.9% | 4,247 |
| All SFO → JFK flights | 80.8% | 1.26% | -10 min | 7.2% | 20,198 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
By day of week
Does AA16 run worse on particular days?
Friday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 12.9 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.
Other routes AA16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAS→JFK Las Vegas to New York | 2024-02-08 – 2024-02-12 | 3 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA16 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 1,013 records of AA16 operating SFO → JFK, 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.