AA5279American Airlines · PHL → MKE
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AA5279 PhiladelphiaPHL · 02:10 MilwaukeeMKE · 23:42

AA5279 by American Airlines flies from Philadelphia (PHL) to Milwaukee (MKE) for the Wed, Oct 14 departure.

Right nowExpected in Milwaukee · today
00:39

arrival expected at MKE · 57 min late

Typical gate push+14 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−3 minmedian over 10 operations
Wins back in air~17 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 12tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-13
+64 gate
10-12
+24 arrival
10-11
+12 arrival
10-10
−28 arrival
10-09
−10 gate · −30 arrival
10-08
−9 arrival
10-07
−23 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 −3 min · 0 cancelled · 12 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
PHLPhiladelphiaOn-time likelyPHL delay board →
MKEMilwaukeeOn-time likelyMKE delay board →
PHL→MKEevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
41%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.1%Chance of cancellation
+11 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at PHL and MKE 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 Milwaukee flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA75departs 05:41
AA5474departs 10:36
AA5439departs 16:10

If AA5279 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Philadelphia to Milwaukee 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 AA5279 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA5279 across the PHL and MKE boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 10 confirmed landings · 6/10 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 AA5279 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 02:10 03:14 (+64)MKE
10-12PHL MKE 23:51 00:15 (+24)
10-11PHL MKE 23:34 23:46 (+12)
10-10PHL MKE 23:34 23:06 (−28)
10-09PHL 02:10 02:00 (−10)MKE 23:34 23:04 (−30)
10-08PHL MKE 23:34 23:25 (−9)
10-07PHL MKE 23:34 23:11 (−23)
10-06PHL 02:10 02:16 (+6)MKE
10-04PHL 23:45 00:04 (+19)MKE 23:34 23:23 (−11)
10-03PHL 22:20 22:15 (−5)MKE 21:10 21:21 (+11)
10-02PHL 23:45 23:59 (+14)MKE 19:42 (+0)
10-01PHL 23:45 00:06 (+21)MKE 21:10 21:07 (−3)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N614NN, N643NN, N633NN, N583NN.

Board clocks recorded as PHL and MKE published them.

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