Flight profile · American Airlines
AA686
Phoenix (PHX) to San Francisco (SFO) · scheduled 8:31 PM – 10:36 PM
How AA686 performs
535 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.
AA686 arrived on time 63.1% of the time, against 70.8% for all PHX → SFO flights — this specific departure is 7.7 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 7.3 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 535 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA686 | 63.1% | 0.19% | 4 min | 13.1% | 535 |
| American Airlines on PHX → SFO | 70.4% | 0.44% | -1 min | 11.4% | 3,861 |
| All PHX → SFO flights | 70.8% | 0.54% | -2 min | 9.7% | 14,134 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Other routes AA686 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSW→ORD Fort Myers to Chicago | 2026-02-12 – 2026-03-07 | 24 | — |
| LAX→ORD Los Angeles to Chicago | 2025-12-19 – 2026-01-04 | 2 | — |
| MCO→ORD Orlando to Chicago | 2025-11-30 – 2025-11-30 | 1 | — |
| ATL→AUS Atlanta to Austin | 2025-01-01 – 2025-01-01 | 1 | — |
| ONT→CLT Ontario to Charlotte | 2024-12-06 – 2024-12-18 | 13 | — |
| MCO→DCA Orlando to Washington | 2023-11-05 – 2024-04-03 | 149 | 79.9% |
| JFK→ORD New York to Chicago | 2023-12-19 – 2023-12-19 | 1 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA686 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 535 records of AA686 operating PHX → SFO, 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.