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AA1620

Chicago (ORD) to San Francisco (SFO) · scheduled 5:36 PM – 8:15 PM

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How AA1620 performs

103 operations, 2025-06-05 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
44.0%
44 of 100 completed
Cancellation rate
2.91%
3 cancelled
Median arrival delay
24 min
Average 39.5 min
Severe delays
23.0%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
71 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
40.6%
Left the gate on time

AA1620 arrived on time 44.0% of the time, against 72.0% for all ORDSFO flights — this specific departure is 28.0 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 23.0 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 103 operations between 2025-06-05 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
AA162044.0%2.91%24 min23.0%103
American Airlines on ORDSFO67.0%1.21%-1 min12.0%3,976
All ORDSFO flights72.0%1.10%-3 min10.2%15,593

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-06-05 to 2026-06-30

Other routes AA1620 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.

RouteOperatedFlightsOn time
PHXCVG Phoenix to Cincinnati / Covington2023-11-052026-05-2039175.6%
PHXCLE Phoenix to Cleveland2026-03-082026-04-0630
MYRCLT Myrtle Beach to Charlotte2026-02-122026-03-0724
PHLDFW Philadelphia to Dallas–Fort Worth2025-12-202026-02-1147
ORDMIA Chicago to Miami2025-12-032025-12-1715
PHXSMF Phoenix to Sacramento2025-10-062025-12-0255
SMFPHX Sacramento to Phoenix2025-10-062025-12-0255
DENPHX Denver to Phoenix2023-07-012025-10-0530288.7%
PHXDEN Phoenix to Denver2023-07-012025-10-0530086.5%
DFWORD Dallas–Fort Worth to Chicago2025-08-062025-09-0228
ELPPHX El Paso to Phoenix2024-10-092024-11-0312
PHXELP Phoenix to El Paso2024-10-092024-11-0312

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA1620 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 103 records of AA1620 operating ORDSFO, 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.

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