AA8688American Airlines · MAD → BCN
live · 22m ago
Route confirmed American Airlines

AA8688 MADRID-BARAJAS ADOLFO SUÁREZMAD · 12:40 BarcelonaBCN · 14:00

AA8688 by American Airlines flies from MADRID-BARAJAS ADOLFO SUÁREZ (MAD) to Barcelona (BCN) for the Sat, Oct 24 departure.

Right nowScheduled · today · as of 10:41
12:40

departs MAD · on schedule

Typical gate push+41 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+35 minmedian over 2 operations
Wins back in air~6 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

The route today

live boards
MADMADRID-BARAJAS ADOLFO SUÁREZOn-time likelyMAD delay board →
BCNBarcelonaOn-time likelyBCN delay board →
MAD→BCNevery 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
2.2%Chance of cancellation
+10 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MAD and BCN 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 →

Other MADRID-BARAJAS ADOLFO SUÁREZ to Barcelona flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA8727departs 19:25

If AA8688 is cancelled, this is the other American Airlines nonstop flight from MADRID-BARAJAS ADOLFO SUÁREZ to Barcelona on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MAD local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How AA8688 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA8688 across the MAD and BCN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: landed +35 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA8688 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
10-23MAD 12:40 13:21 (+41)BCN 14:00 14:35 (+35)
10-22MAD BCN 14:00 13:54 (−6)

Board clocks recorded as MAD and BCN published them.

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