AA2878American Airlines · PHL → DEN
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA2878 PhiladelphiaPHL · 16:00 DenverDEN · 18:35

AA2878 by American Airlines flies from Philadelphia (PHL) to Denver (DEN).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
11:55

scheduled from PHL

Typical gate push−10 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−23 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~13 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-31
−8 gate · −32 arrival
10-30
−12 gate · −26 arrival
10-29
−13 gate · −23 arrival
10-28
−3 gate · −19 arrival
10-27
−6 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 −23 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
PHLPhiladelphiaOn-time likelyPHL delay board →
DENDenverOn-time likelyDEN delay board →
PHL→DENevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
48%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.8%Chance of cancellation
+27 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by DEN (Denver), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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 on this route

Forecast

Philadelphia to Denver with American Airlines · Tue 3 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
5.4%0.5× usual

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

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 3 departures a day on this route with this airline. · 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.

Other Philadelphia to Denver flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA946departs 15:24
AA3158departs 22:15

If AA2878 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Philadelphia to Denver on the same day, with scheduled departure times in PHL local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How AA2878 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA2878 across the PHL and DEN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~23 min early. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 5/5 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 AA2878 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
10-31PHL 16:00 15:52 (−8)DEN 18:35 18:03 (−32)
10-30PHL 20:05 19:53 (−12)DEN 22:36 22:10 (−26)
10-29PHL 20:05 19:52 (−13)DEN 22:36 22:13 (−23)
10-28PHL 17:40 17:37 (−3)DEN 20:15 19:56 (−19)
10-27PHL 21:40DEN 20:15 20:09 (−6)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N804NN, N995NN, N323RM, N895NN.

Board clocks recorded as PHL and DEN published them.

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