AA5487American Airlines · PIT → PHL
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA5487 PittsburghPIT · 05:21 PhiladelphiaPHL · 10:37

AA5487 by American Airlines flies from Pittsburgh (PIT) to Philadelphia (PHL) for the Fri, Aug 21 departure.

Right nowExpected · today · as of 08:39
05:21

departs PIT · on schedule

⚖ AA5487 typically leaves +79 and lands −3. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+79 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−3 minmedian over 9 operations
Wins back in air~82 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 10tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+64+128+192 min
08-20
+8 gate · −19 arrival
08-19
+13 gate · −13 arrival
08-16
+79 gate · +56 arrival
08-15
+13 gate · −18 arrival
08-14
+13 gate · −14 arrival
08-13
+18 gate · −3 arrival
08-12
+192 gate · +167 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 · 10 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
PITPittsburghOn-time likelyPIT delay board →
PHLPhiladelphiaModerate riskPHL delay board →
PIT→PHLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
48%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.1%Chance of cancellation
+16 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by PIT (Pittsburgh), currently flying LIFR (low instrument). 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 Pittsburgh to Philadelphia flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA4541departs 05:21
AA3248departs 08:00
AA5608departs 10:50
AA5239departs 12:55
AA4794departs 17:23
AA5601departs 17:25

If AA5487 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia on the same day, with scheduled departure times in PIT local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How AA5487 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA5487 across the PIT and PHL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 8 confirmed landings · 5/8 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 AA5487 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
08-20PIT 05:21 05:29 (+8)PHL 10:37 10:18 (−19)
08-19PIT 05:21 05:34 (+13)PHL 10:37 10:24 (−13)
08-16PIT 05:21 06:40 (+79)PHL 10:37 11:33 (+56)
08-15PIT 05:21 05:34 (+13)PHL 10:37 10:19 (−18)
08-14PIT 05:21 05:34 (+13)PHL 10:37 10:23 (−14)
08-13PIT 05:21 05:39 (+18)PHL 10:37 10:34 (−3)
08-12PIT 05:21 08:33 (+192)PHL 10:37 13:24 (+167)
08-09PIT 05:21 10:04 (+283)PHL 10:37 15:04 (+267)
08-08PIT 05:21 16:41 (+680)PHL 10:37 14:29 (+232)
08-07PIT 05:21 09:16 (+235)PHL 10:37

Aircraft

Recent tails: N618NN, N595NN, N579NN, N606NN.

Board clocks recorded as PIT and PHL published them.

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