AA259American Airlines · LIS → PHL
live · 3m ago
Route confirmed American Airlines

AA259 LisbonLIS · 11:05 PhiladelphiaPHL · 18:00

AA259 by American Airlines flies from Lisbon (LIS) to Philadelphia (PHL) for the Sat, Oct 24 departure.

Right nowIn the air to Philadelphia · off blocks 11:19 · 14 min late
17:27

estimated arrival at PHL · local time · ~5h 44m from now

LivePosition · updated 3m ago
PHL659 mi · ~5h 44m leftLIS
38,000 ftAltitudecruising
540 mphSpeed469 kt
258°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 5h 22m

Typical gate push+15 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−28 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~43 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-24
+14 gate · −33 arrival
10-23
+19 gate · −28 arrival
10-22
+4 gate · −27 arrival
10-21
+15 gate

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
LISLisbonModerate riskLIS delay board →
PHLPhiladelphiaOn-time likelyPHL delay board →
LIS→PHLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.8%Chance of cancellation
+10 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at LIS and PHL are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

How AA259 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA259 across the LIS and PHL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~27 min early. Based on 2 confirmed landings · 2/2 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA259 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-24LIS 11:05 11:19 (+14)PHL 18:00 17:27 (−33)
10-23LIS 11:05 11:24 (+19)PHL 18:00 17:32 (−28)
10-22LIS 11:05 11:09 (+4)PHL 18:00 17:33 (−27)
10-21LIS 11:05 11:20 (+15)PHL

Aircraft

Recent tails: N829AN, N834AA.

Board clocks recorded as LIS and PHL published them.

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