AA5493American Airlines · PHL → GRR
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA5493 PhiladelphiaPHL · 19:35 Grand RapidsGRR · 21:36

AA5493 by American Airlines flies from Philadelphia (PHL) to Grand Rapids (GRR) for the Fri, Oct 30 departure.

Right nowEn route to Grand Rapids · off blocks 19:27 · 8 min early
En route

en route from PHL to GRR

En routeAA5493 · position estimated
PHLPhiladelphiaGRRGrand Rapids
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 19:27 · typical taxi-out at PHL ≈ 7 min.

⚖ AA5493 typically leaves −5 and lands −12. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push−5 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−12 minmedian over 9 operations
Wins back in air~7 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+30+60+90 min
10-30
−8 gate · −12 arrival
10-29
−5 gate · −12 arrival
10-28
−5 gate · −17 arrival
10-27
−5 gate
10-26
−10 gate · −9 arrival
10-25
+1 gate · −27 arrival
10-24
−4 gate · −11 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 −12 min · 0 cancelled · 10 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
PHLPhiladelphiaOn-time likelyPHL delay board →
GRRGrand RapidsOn-time likelyGRR delay board →
PHL→GRRevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.8%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at PHL and GRR 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 Grand Rapids with American Airlines · Sat 31 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
8.3%0.7× usual

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

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 2 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 Grand Rapids flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA4429departs 10:30
AA5341departs 10:30

If AA5493 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Philadelphia to Grand Rapids 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 AA5493 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA5493 across the PHL and GRR boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~7 min early. Based on 9 confirmed landings · 9/9 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA5493 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
10-30PHL 19:35 19:27 (−8)GRR 21:36 21:24 (−12)
10-29PHL 19:35 19:30 (−5)GRR 21:36 21:24 (−12)
10-28PHL 19:35 19:30 (−5)GRR 21:36 21:19 (−17)
10-27PHL 23:35 23:30 (−5)GRR
10-26PHL 23:35 23:25 (−10)GRR 21:36 21:27 (−9)
10-25PHL 23:35 23:36 (+1)GRR 21:36 21:09 (−27)
10-24PHL 23:35 23:31 (−4)GRR 21:36 21:25 (−11)
10-23PHL 23:35 23:44 (+9)GRR 21:36 21:29 (−7)
10-21PHL GRR 00:13 23:59 (−14)
10-20PHL 02:10 02:00 (−10)GRR 21:36 21:29 (−7)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N639NN, N565NN, N619NN, N647NN.

Board clocks recorded as PHL and GRR published them.

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