AA6188American Airlines · SFO → LAX
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA6188 San FranciscoSFO · 13:45 Los AngelesLAX · 15:24

AA6188 by American Airlines flies from San Francisco (SFO) to Los Angeles (LAX) for the Sat, Aug 22 departure.

Right nowEn route to Los Angeles · off blocks 14:31 · 46 min late
16:24

estimated arrival at LAX · local time · landing about now

En routeAA6188 · position estimated
SFOSan FranciscoLAXLos Angeles
Estimated from the boardsarr 16:24

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 14:31 · typical taxi-out at SFO ≈ 13 min.

Typical gate push+45 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+31 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~14 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
08-22
+46 gate · +60 arrival
08-21
+25 gate · +29 arrival
08-20
+45 gate · +31 arrival
08-19
−10 gate · −33 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
SFOSan FranciscoOn-time likelySFO delay board →
LAXLos AngelesOn-time likelyLAX delay board →
SFO→LAXevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
59%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.7%Chance of cancellation

Conditions at SFO and LAX 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. This route's tracked sample is still thin — treat these as an early read, not a precise forecast.

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 San Francisco to Los Angeles flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA4987departs 07:00
AA6330departs 11:40
AA6221departs 16:04

If AA6188 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from San Francisco to Los Angeles on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SFO local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How AA6188 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA6188 across the SFO and LAX boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~29 min late. Based on 3 confirmed landings · 1/3 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 AA6188 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
08-22SFO 13:45 14:31 (+46)LAX 15:24 16:24 (+60)
08-21SFO 13:45 14:10 (+25)LAX 15:24 15:53 (+29)
08-20SFO 13:45 14:30 (+45)LAX 15:24 15:55 (+31)
08-19SFO 13:45 13:35 (−10)LAX 15:24 14:51 (−33)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N517SY, N504SY, N503SY.

Board clocks recorded as SFO and LAX published them.

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