AA73American Airlines · LAX → SYD
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA73 Los AngelesLAX · 22:40 SydneySYD · 09:00

AA73 by American Airlines flies from Los Angeles (LAX) to Sydney (SYD) for the Tue, Nov 10 departure.

Right nowEn route to Sydney · off blocks 23:08 · 28 min late
08:08

estimated arrival at SYD · local time · ~4h 23m from now

En routeAA73 · position estimated
LAXLos AngelesSYDSydney
Estimated from the boardsarr 08:08

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 23:08 · typical taxi-out at LAX ≈ 4.9 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

⚖ AA73 typically leaves +34 and lands −30. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+34 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−30 minmedian over 8 operations
Wins back in air~64 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-10
+28 gate · −52 arrival
11-09
+25 gate · −44 arrival
11-08
+52 gate · +0 arrival
11-07
+59 gate · +27 arrival
11-06
+56 gate · +14 arrival
11-05
+33 gate · −50 arrival
11-04
CANCELLED

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 −30 min · 1 cancelled · 9 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
LAXLos AngelesOn-time likelyLAX delay board →
SYDSydneyModerate riskSYD delay board →
LAX→SYDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
38%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.6%Chance of cancellation
+5 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at LAX and SYD 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 at Los Angeles

Forecast

Thu 12 Nov, local date

High24°Clikely 23°C to 26°C
Low17°Clikely 15°C to 18°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.

Tomorrow at Sydney

Forecast

Fri 13 Nov, local date

High26°Clikely 24°C to 29°C
Low19°Clikely 17°C to 20°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 AA73 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA73 across the LAX and SYD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~23 min early. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 6/7 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 AA73 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
11-10LAX 22:40 23:08 (+28)SYD 09:00 08:08 (−52)
11-09LAX 22:40 23:05 (+25)SYD 09:00 08:16 (−44)
11-08LAX 22:40 23:32 (+52)SYD 09:00 (+0)
11-07LAX 22:40 23:39 (+59)SYD 09:00 09:27 (+27)
11-06LAX 22:40 23:36 (+56)SYD 09:00 09:14 (+14)
11-05LAX 22:40 23:13 (+33)SYD 09:00 08:10 (−50)
11-04CANCELLED
11-03LAX 22:40 23:01 (+21)SYD 09:00 08:37 (−23)
11-02LAX 22:40 23:15 (+35)SYD 09:00 08:22 (−38)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N734AR, N719AN, N717AN, N736AT.

Board clocks recorded as LAX and SYD published them.

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