AA5550American Airlines · PHL → ORF
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA5550 PhiladelphiaPHL · 00:20 NorfolkORF · 21:27

AA5550 by American Airlines flies from Philadelphia (PHL) to Norfolk (ORF).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
00:20

scheduled from PHL

Typical gate push−5 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+1 minmedian over 14 operations
Cancellation0 in 15tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+80+161+241 min
10-26
−5 gate · −21 arrival
10-25
−5 gate · −21 arrival
10-24
+9 arrival
10-23
+241 arrival
10-22
−6 arrival
10-21
+0 gate · +1 arrival
10-20
−3 gate · +25 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 +1 min · 0 cancelled · 15 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
PHLPhiladelphiaOn-time likelyPHL delay board →
ORFNorfolkOn-time likelyORF delay board →
PHL→ORFevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
42%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.9%Chance of cancellation
+10 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at PHL and ORF 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 Norfolk flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA9954departs 08:34
AA6129departs 09:00
AA9974departs 13:00
AA5949departs 13:54
AA5023departs 15:45
AA5216departs 15:45

If AA5550 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Philadelphia to Norfolk 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 AA5550 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA5550 across the PHL and ORF boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~9 min late. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 8/13 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA5550 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
10-26PHL 00:20 00:15 (−5)ORF 21:27 21:06 (−21)
10-25PHL 00:20 00:15 (−5)ORF 21:27 21:06 (−21)
10-24PHL ORF 20:57 21:06 (+9)
10-23PHL ORF 21:27 01:28 (+241)
10-22PHL ORF 21:27 21:21 (−6)
10-21PHL 00:20 (+0)ORF 21:27 21:28 (+1)
10-20PHL 00:20 00:17 (−3)ORF 21:27 21:52 (+25)
10-19PHL ORF 21:27 21:18 (−9)
10-18PHL ORF 21:27 21:25 (−2)
10-17PHL ORF 21:27 21:36 (+9)
10-16PHL ORF 21:27 22:02 (+35)
10-15PHL ORF 21:27 21:04 (−23)
10-14PHL 00:20 00:15 (−5)ORF 20:55 21:19 (+24)
10-13PHL 00:20 00:14 (−6)ORF
10-12PHL ORF 22:15 22:00 (−15)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N529EA, N595NN, N522AE, N513AE.

Board clocks recorded as PHL and ORF published them.

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