AA2971American Airlines · PHL → MCI
live · 8m ago
Route confirmed American Airlines

AA2971 PhiladelphiaPHL · 08:57 Kansas CityMCI · 11:16

AA2971 by American Airlines flies from Philadelphia (PHL) to Kansas City (MCI).

Right nowIn the air to Kansas City
22:04

estimated arrival at MCI · local time · ~58 min from now

LivePosition · updated 8m ago
MCI535 mi · ~58 min leftPHL
37,000 ftAltitudecruising
554 mphSpeed481 kt
92°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 26 min

The route today

live boards
PHLPhiladelphiaOn-time likelyPHL delay board →
MCIKansas CityOn-time likelyMCI delay board →
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Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
38%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.0%Chance of cancellation
+7 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at PHL and MCI 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 Philadelphia

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High15°Clikely 14°C to 16°C
Low9°Clikely 8°C to 10°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 Kansas City

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High17°Clikely 15°C to 18°C
Low3°Clikely 2°C to 4°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.

Other Philadelphia to Kansas City flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA5280departs 10:55
AA1268departs 13:05
AA1762departs 18:45
AA1887departs 18:45

If AA2971 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Philadelphia to Kansas City 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 AA2971 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA2971 across the PHL and MCI boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: departed -11 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA2971 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
11-07PHL 08:57 08:46 (−11)MCI 11:16
10-31PHL 08:57 08:46 (−11)MCI 11:16

Aircraft

Recent tails: N771XF.

Board clocks recorded as PHL and MCI published them.

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