AA5240American Airlines · PHL → IND
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AA5240 PhiladelphiaPHL · 14:30 IndianapolisIND · 12:53

AA5240 by American Airlines flies from Philadelphia (PHL) to Indianapolis (IND) for the Sun, Nov 1 departure.

Right nowEn route to Indianapolis · off blocks 14:22 · 8 min early
En route

en route from PHL to IND

En routeAA5240 · position estimated
PHLPhiladelphiaINDIndianapolis
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 14:22 · typical taxi-out at PHL ≈ 7 min.

⚖ AA5240 typically leaves −6 and lands −27. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-01
−8 gate · −40 arrival
10-31
−6 gate · −38 arrival
10-30
−5 gate · −31 arrival
10-29
−9 gate · −21 arrival
10-28
+0 gate · −5 arrival
10-26
+47 gate
10-25
−8 gate · +18 arrival

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

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival −27 min · 0 cancelled · 14 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
PHLPhiladelphiaOn-time likelyPHL delay board →
INDIndianapolisOn-time likelyIND delay board →
PHL→INDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
38%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.2%Chance of cancellation
+8 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at PHL and IND 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

Forecast

Philadelphia to Indianapolis with American Airlines · Mon 2 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
6.8%0.7× usual

Forecast weather: 72% chance of rain at Indianapolis

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 5 departures a day on this route with this airline. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

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

Other Philadelphia to Indianapolis flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA682departs 01:50
AA5666departs 08:21
AA1858departs 10:30
AA4796departs 12:27
AA5328departs 14:17
AA9931departs 14:50

If AA5240 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Philadelphia to Indianapolis on the same day, with scheduled departure times in PHL local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How AA5240 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA5240 across the PHL and IND boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~27 min early. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 11/13 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 AA5240 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
11-01PHL 14:30 14:22 (−8)IND 12:53 12:13 (−40)
10-31PHL 10:30 10:24 (−6)IND 12:53 12:15 (−38)
10-30PHL 10:30 10:25 (−5)IND 12:53 12:22 (−31)
10-29PHL 10:30 10:21 (−9)IND 12:45 12:24 (−21)
10-28PHL 14:30 (+0)IND 12:53 12:48 (−5)
10-26PHL 14:30 15:17 (+47)IND
10-25PHL 14:30 14:22 (−8)IND 12:53 13:11 (+18)
10-24PHL 14:30 15:37 (+67)IND 12:53 12:13 (−40)
10-23PHL 14:30 14:24 (−6)IND 12:53 13:24 (+31)
10-22PHL 14:30 14:24 (−6)IND 12:53 12:21 (−32)
10-21PHL 14:30 14:20 (−10)IND 12:53 12:25 (−28)
10-20PHL 12:27 12:32 (+5)IND 12:53 12:26 (−27)
10-19PHL 14:30 14:22 (−8)IND 10:43 10:52 (+9)
10-18PHL 14:30 14:45 (+15)IND 12:53 12:52 (−1)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N547NN, N518AE, N710PS, N645NN.

Board clocks recorded as PHL and IND published them.

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