AA8520American Airlines · DSS → MAD
live · 36m ago
Route confirmed American Airlines

AA8520 DakarDSS MadridMAD · 17:10

AA8520 by American Airlines flies from Dakar (DSS) to Madrid (MAD).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
AA8520

tracked route DSS → MAD

Typical arrival−4 minmedian over 9 operations

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-27
+22 arrival
10-26
−19 arrival
10-25
−13 arrival
10-22
−22 arrival
10-21
+43 arrival
10-20
+6 arrival
10-19
+2 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 −4 min · 0 cancelled · 9 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DSSDakarOn-time likelyDSS delay board →
MADMadridOn-time likelyMAD delay board →
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Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
41%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.6%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at DSS and MAD 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.

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Tomorrow at Dakar

Forecast

Fri 30 Oct, local date

High35°Clikely 33°C to 36°C
Low23°Clikely 22°C to 25°C

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · 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 Madrid

Forecast

Fri 30 Oct, local date

High23°Clikely 22°C to 23°C
Low7°Clikely 7°C to 8°C
Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
5.8%usually 5.0%

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

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Based on about 1,950 departures a day. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

How AA8520 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA8520 across the DSS and MAD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 9 confirmed landings · 7/9 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA8520 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-27DSS MAD 04:05 04:27 (+22)
10-26DSS MAD 04:05 03:46 (−19)
10-25DSS MAD 04:05 03:52 (−13)
10-22DSS MAD 04:05 03:43 (−22)
10-21DSS MAD 04:05 04:48 (+43)
10-20DSS MAD 04:05 04:11 (+6)
10-19DSS MAD 04:05 04:07 (+2)
10-18DSS MAD 04:05 04:01 (−4)
10-17DSS MAD 04:05 04:00 (−5)

Board clocks recorded as DSS and MAD published them.

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