AA5478American Airlines · PHL → DSM
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA5478 PhiladelphiaPHL · 20:45 Des MoinesDSM · 22:43

AA5478 by American Airlines flies from Philadelphia (PHL) to Des Moines (DSM).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
12:06

scheduled from PHL

Typical gate push−7 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−16 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~9 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
11-12
−10 gate · −16 arrival
10-31
−4 gate · −29 arrival
10-30
+57 gate · +42 arrival
10-29
−10 gate · −16 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
PHLPhiladelphiaOn-time likelyPHL delay board →
DSMDes MoinesModerate riskDSM delay board →
PHL→DSMevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.3%Chance of cancellation
+16 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by DSM (Des Moines), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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 at PHL

Forecast

Fri 13 Nov, local date

High9°Clikely 8°C to 10°C
Low5°Clikely 4°C to 7°C
  • 92% chance of rain

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at DSM

Forecast

Fri 13 Nov, local date

High5°Clikely 3°C to 6°C
Low−1°Clikely −3°C to 1°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · 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.

How AA5478 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA5478 across the PHL and DSM boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~7 min early. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 3/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA5478 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
11-12PHL 20:45 20:35 (−10)DSM 22:43 22:27 (−16)
10-31PHL 17:50 17:46 (−4)DSM 19:52 19:23 (−29)
10-30PHL 20:45 21:42 (+57)DSM 22:43 23:25 (+42)
10-29PHL 20:45 20:35 (−10)DSM 22:43 22:27 (−16)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N519AE, N543EA, N718PS.

Board clocks recorded as PHL and DSM published them.

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