AA2886American Airlines · SEA → PHL
live · 7m ago
Route confirmed American Airlines

AA2886 SeattleSEA · 21:58 PhiladelphiaPHL · 10:16

AA2886 by American Airlines flies from Seattle (SEA) to Philadelphia (PHL) for the Thu, Aug 20 departure.

Right nowIn the air to Philadelphia
09:58

estimated arrival at PHL · local time · ~7h 41m from now

LivePosition · updated 7m ago
SEA1,901 mi · ~7h 41m leftPHL
33,000 ftAltitudecruising
618 mphSpeed537 kt
94°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 59 min

Typical gate push−6 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−32 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~26 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
08-19
−8 gate · −39 arrival
08-18
−6 gate · −29 arrival
08-17
−5 gate · −32 arrival

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
SEASeattleOn-time likelySEA delay board →
PHLPhiladelphiaOn-time likelyPHL delay board →
SEA→PHLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
49%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.6%Chance of cancellation
+28 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by PHL (Philadelphia), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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.

Other Seattle to Philadelphia flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA986departs 08:10
AA2870departs 12:50

If AA2886 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Seattle to Philadelphia on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SEA local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How AA2886 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA2886 across the SEA and PHL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: landed -32 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA2886 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
08-19SEA 21:58 21:50 (−8)PHL 10:16 09:37 (−39)
08-18SEA 21:58 21:52 (−6)PHL 10:16 09:47 (−29)
08-17SEA 21:58 21:53 (−5)PHL 10:40 10:08 (−32)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N151UW, N915US, N473AN.

Board clocks recorded as SEA and PHL published them.

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