AA5478American Airlines · PHL → DSM
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA5478 PhiladelphiaPHL · 00:45 Des MoinesDSM · 22:43

AA5478 by American Airlines flies from Philadelphia (PHL) to Des Moines (DSM) for the Mon, Oct 19 departure.

Right nowExpected in Des Moines · today
22:36

arrival expected at DSM · 7 min early

Typical gate push+40 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+17 minmedian over 12 operations
Wins back in air~23 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 12tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-18
+47 arrival
10-17
−32 arrival
10-16
+17 arrival
10-15
−11 arrival
10-14
+40 gate · −7 arrival
10-13
+89 gate · +23 arrival
10-12
+65 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 +17 min · 0 cancelled · 12 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
PHLPhiladelphiaOn-time likelyPHL delay board →
DSMDes MoinesOn-time likelyDSM delay board →
PHL→DSMevery 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
1.1%Chance of cancellation
+11 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at PHL and DSM 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 Des Moines flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA5421departs 10:33

If AA5478 is cancelled, this is the other American Airlines nonstop flight from Philadelphia to Des Moines 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 AA5478 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA5478 across the PHL and DSM boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~26 min late. Based on 12 confirmed landings · 4/12 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 AA5478 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
10-18PHL DSM 22:43 23:30 (+47)
10-17PHL DSM 22:43 22:11 (−32)
10-16PHL DSM 22:43 23:00 (+17)
10-15PHL DSM 22:43 22:32 (−11)
10-14PHL 00:45 01:25 (+40)DSM 22:43 22:36 (−7)
10-13PHL 00:45 02:14 (+89)DSM 22:43 23:06 (+23)
10-12PHL DSM 22:43 23:48 (+65)
10-11PHL DSM 22:43 23:06 (+23)
10-10PHL DSM 22:43 22:16 (−27)
10-09PHL 00:45 00:40 (−5)DSM 22:43 22:04 (−39)
10-07PHL DSM 22:43 23:13 (+30)
10-06PHL 00:45 00:43 (−2)DSM 22:43 22:52 (+9)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N538EG, N500AE, N703PS, N513AE.

Board clocks recorded as PHL and DSM published them.

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