AA5259American Airlines · PHL → PIT
live · 11m ago
Route confirmed American Airlines

AA5259 PhiladelphiaPHL · 19:20 PittsburghPIT · 16:45

AA5259 by American Airlines flies from Philadelphia (PHL) to Pittsburgh (PIT).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
22:22

scheduled from PHL

Typical gate push−3 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−31 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~28 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
10-13
−5 gate · −31 arrival
10-03
−2 gate · −12 arrival
09-30
−3 gate
09-29
−5 gate · −31 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
PHLPhiladelphiaModerate riskPHL delay board →
PITPittsburghOn-time likelyPIT delay board →
PHL→PITevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
42%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.9%Chance of cancellation
+12 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at PHL and PIT 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.

Other Philadelphia to Pittsburgh flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA9688departs 00:06
AA5973departs 08:30
AA5032departs 11:05
AA5132departs 12:50
AA2731departs 15:13
AA9956departs 17:08

If AA5259 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh on the same day, with scheduled departure times in PHL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How AA5259 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA5259 across the PHL and PIT boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 3 confirmed landings · 3/3 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA5259 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
10-13PHL 19:20 19:15 (−5)PIT 16:45 16:14 (−31)
10-03PHL 19:20 19:18 (−2)PIT 16:45 16:33 (−12)
09-30PHL 19:20 19:17 (−3)PIT
09-29PHL 19:20 19:15 (−5)PIT 16:45 16:14 (−31)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N708PS, N532EA, N537EA.

Board clocks recorded as PHL and PIT published them.

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