AA5259American Airlines · PHL → BDL
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AA5259 PhiladelphiaPHL · 02:22 HartfordBDL · 23:36

AA5259 by American Airlines flies from Philadelphia (PHL) to Hartford (BDL) for the Thu, Oct 22 departure.

Right nowExpected in Hartford · today
23:30

arrival expected at BDL · 6 min early

Typical gate push+14 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−14 minmedian over 12 operations
Wins back in air~28 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 13tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-21
−11 gate
10-20
+34 gate · −28 arrival
10-19
+10 arrival
10-18
−8 arrival
10-17
−14 arrival
10-16
−7 arrival
10-15
−19 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 −14 min · 0 cancelled · 13 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
PHLPhiladelphiaOn-time likelyPHL delay board →
BDLHartfordOn-time likelyBDL delay board →
PHL→BDLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
44%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.8%Chance of cancellation
+10 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at PHL and BDL 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 →

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 Hartford flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA6010departs 08:55
AA6121departs 10:40
AA6110departs 13:32
AA6063departs 17:30
AA5798departs 20:05
AA9972departs 23:25

If AA5259 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Philadelphia to Hartford on the same day, with scheduled departure times in PHL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How AA5259 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA5259 across the PHL and BDL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 12 confirmed landings · 9/12 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 AA5259 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
10-21PHL 02:22 02:11 (−11)BDL
10-20PHL 02:22 02:56 (+34)BDL 23:36 23:08 (−28)
10-19PHL BDL 23:47 23:57 (+10)
10-18PHL BDL 23:36 23:28 (−8)
10-17PHL BDL 23:36 23:22 (−14)
10-16PHL BDL 23:36 23:29 (−7)
10-15PHL BDL 23:36 23:17 (−19)
10-14PHL 02:22 02:11 (−11)BDL 23:36 23:20 (−16)
10-13PHL 02:22 02:36 (+14)BDL 23:36 23:15 (−21)
10-12PHL BDL 23:36 23:39 (+3)
10-11PHL BDL 23:36 02:00 (+144)
10-10PHL BDL 23:36 23:10 (−26)
10-09PHL 02:22 02:47 (+25)BDL 23:36 23:21 (−15)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N638NN, N608NN, N586NN, N579NN.

Board clocks recorded as PHL and BDL published them.

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