AA986American Airlines · SEA → PHL
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA986 SeattleSEA · 08:24 PhiladelphiaPHL · 20:42

AA986 by American Airlines flies from Seattle (SEA) to Philadelphia (PHL) for the Mon, Oct 12 departure.

Right nowOn time · gate D11 · as of 04:35
08:24

departs SEA · on schedule

Typical gate push−4 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−2 minmedian over 5 operations

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+84+167+251 min
10-11
−4 gate · +4 arrival
10-10
−5 gate · −2 arrival
10-09
−6 gate · −27 arrival
10-08
+37 gate · −18 arrival
10-07
+251 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 −2 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SEASeattleOn-time likelySEA delay board →
PHLPhiladelphiaOn-time likelyPHL delay board →
SEA→PHLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
46%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.9%Chance of cancellation
+21 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by PHL (Philadelphia), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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.

Other Seattle to Philadelphia flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA2870departs 12:40
AA2886departs 22:45

If AA986 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Seattle to Philadelphia on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SEA local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How AA986 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA986 across the SEA and PHL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 4/5 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA986 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
10-11SEA 08:24 08:20 (−4)PHL 20:42 20:46 (+4)
10-10SEA 08:24 08:19 (−5)PHL 20:42 20:40 (−2)
10-09SEA 08:24 08:18 (−6)PHL 20:42 20:15 (−27)
10-08SEA 08:24 09:01 (+37)PHL 20:42 20:24 (−18)
10-07SEA PHL 20:42 00:53 (+251)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N429AN, N424AN, N473AN, N469AN.

Board clocks recorded as SEA and PHL published them.

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