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AA2786

Phoenix (PHX) to Chicago (ORD) · scheduled 3:35 PM – 8:57 PM

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How AA2786 performs

302 operations, 2024-04-04 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
60.9%
179 of 294 completed
Cancellation rate
1.99%
6 cancelled
Median arrival delay
6 min
Average 20.8 min
Severe delays
13.3%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
62 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
75.1%
Left the gate on time

AA2786 arrived on time 60.9% of the time, against 80.2% for all PHXORD flights — this specific departure is 19.3 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 20.1 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 302 operations between 2024-04-04 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
AA278660.9%1.99%6 min13.3%302
American Airlines on PHXORD80.9%1.11%-10 min6.9%8,842
All PHXORD flights80.2%1.11%-8 min6.8%17,424

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-04-04 to 2026-06-30

Other routes AA2786 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
ORDPHX Chicago to Phoenix2026-05-212026-06-3041
DFWLEX Dallas–Fort Worth to Lexington2026-03-082026-04-0630
LGAMCO New York to Orlando2025-11-022026-03-0710471.7%
MCOLGA Orlando to New York2025-11-022026-01-0565
CLTSYR Charlotte to Syracuse2025-10-062025-11-0124
SYRCLT Syracuse to Charlotte2025-10-062025-11-0124
JFKMIA New York to Miami2023-11-052025-04-0315781.5%
TUSDFW Tucson to Dallas–Fort Worth2024-12-052025-03-0535
DTWORD Detroit to Chicago2025-01-082025-02-1236
STLMIA St. Louis to Miami2024-12-192025-01-0619
ORDMCO Chicago to Orlando2024-11-232024-11-302
BNAPHL Nashville to Philadelphia2024-08-062024-11-049168.5%
PHLBNA Philadelphia to Nashville2024-08-062024-11-049184.6%
JAXPHL Jacksonville to Philadelphia2024-06-052024-08-0556
PHXMIA Phoenix to Miami2024-05-062024-06-0430
SANPHL San Diego to Philadelphia2024-02-152024-03-0419
MCOCLT Orlando to Charlotte2023-07-012023-11-0411992.2%

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA2786 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 302 records of AA2786 operating PHXORD, 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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