AA278 PhiladelphiaPHL · 21:40 EdinburghEDI · 09:05
AA278 by American Airlines flies from Philadelphia (PHL) to Edinburgh (EDI) for the Thu, Oct 29 departure.
estimated arrival at EDI · local time · ~3h 34m from now
board checked 14m ago · checking again in 45s
Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 22:14 · typical taxi-out at PHL ≈ 7 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.
Where the minutes go
last 3 operations · gate push → arrivalThe bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.
The route today
live boardsWeather lens
Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight
Measured, 90-day sampleConditions at PHL and EDI are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. These figures come from both airports' records 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 →
Tomorrow on this route
ForecastPhiladelphia to Edinburgh with American Airlines · Sat 31 Oct, local date
- Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
- 7.4%0.8× usual
No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.
Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Fewer than one departure a day on this route with this airline, so read it as a rough guide. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.
When it flies
scheduled departuresEach mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.
How AA278 actually runs
Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA278 across the PHL and EDI boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: left noticeably late (~34 min) but landed about 53 min early. Not enough to call it.
The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA278 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.
How this operation is measured
Board log
scheduled → actual, per operationAircraft
Recent tails: N305NY.
Board clocks recorded as PHL and EDI published them.
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Pro Flight Search: AA278 Philadelphia to Edinburgh on-time performance, measured from the PHL and EDI airport boards.
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