AA72American Airlines · SYD → LAX
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AA72 SydneySYD · 10:10 Los AngelesLAX · 06:05

AA72 by American Airlines flies from Sydney (SYD) to Los Angeles (LAX) for the Thu, Oct 15 departure.

Right nowLanded in Los Angeles · today
05:55

arrived at LAX · 10 min early

⚖ AA72 typically leaves +0 and lands −10. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−10 minmedian over 11 operations
Wins back in air~10 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 11tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-15
−10 arrival
10-14
+0 gate · −10 arrival
10-13
+0 gate · −2 arrival
10-12
+0 gate · −12 arrival
10-11
+0 gate · −13 arrival
10-10
+0 gate · +75 arrival
10-09
+0 gate · −8 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 −10 min · 0 cancelled · 11 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
LAXLos AngelesOn-time likelyLAX delay board →
SYD→LAXevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
37%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.5%Chance of cancellation
+6 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SYD 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.

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.

How AA72 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA72 across the SYD and LAX boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 11 confirmed landings · 9/11 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA72 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
10-15SYD 10:10LAX 06:05 05:55 (−10)
10-14SYD 10:10 (+0)LAX 06:05 05:55 (−10)
10-13SYD 10:10 (+0)LAX 06:05 06:03 (−2)
10-12SYD 10:10 (+0)LAX 06:05 05:53 (−12)
10-11SYD 10:10 (+0)LAX 06:05 05:52 (−13)
10-10SYD 10:10 (+0)LAX 06:05 07:20 (+75)
10-09SYD 10:10 (+0)LAX 06:05 05:57 (−8)
10-08SYD 10:10 (+0)LAX 06:05 05:35 (−30)
10-07SYD 10:10 (+0)LAX 06:05 06:26 (+21)
10-06SYD 10:10 (+0)LAX 06:05 05:33 (−32)
10-05SYD 10:10 (+0)LAX 06:05 05:50 (−15)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N726AN, N717AN, N734AR, N723AN.

Board clocks recorded as SYD and LAX published them.

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