AA729American Airlines · LHR → PHL
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA729 LondonLHR · 10:35 PhiladelphiaPHL · 18:35

AA729 by American Airlines flies from London (LHR) to Philadelphia (PHL) for the Wed, Oct 28 departure.

Right nowIn the air to Philadelphia · off blocks 10:42 · 7 min late
18:15

estimated arrival at PHL · local time · ~5h 24m from now

LivePosition · updated 5m ago
PHL488 mi · ~5h 24m leftLHR
38,000 ftAltitudecruising
502 mphSpeed436 kt
220°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 5h 58m

⚖ AA729 typically leaves +27 and lands −4. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-28
+7 gate · −20 arrival
10-27
+27 gate · +0 arrival
10-26
+34 gate · −7 arrival
10-25
+39 gate · +6 arrival
10-24
+22 gate · −11 arrival
10-23
+5 gate · −13 arrival
10-22
+20 gate · −8 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 −4 min · 0 cancelled · 12 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
LHRLondonModerate riskLHR delay board →
PHLPhiladelphiaOn-time likelyPHL delay board →
LHR→PHLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
34%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.0%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at LHR and PHL 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

London to Philadelphia with American Airlines · Thu 29 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
1.3%0.6× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
12%1.1× usual

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 2 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 London to Philadelphia flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA9746departs 10:05
AA737departs 13:00
AA781departs 16:30

If AA729 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from London to Philadelphia on the same day, with scheduled departure times in LHR local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How AA729 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA729 across the LHR and PHL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 10 confirmed landings · 10/10 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 AA729 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
10-28LHR 10:35 10:42 (+7)PHL 18:35 18:15 (−20)
10-27LHR 10:35 11:02 (+27)PHL 18:35 (+0)
10-26LHR 10:35 11:09 (+34)PHL 18:35 18:28 (−7)
10-25LHR 10:35 11:14 (+39)PHL 18:35 18:41 (+6)
10-24LHR 09:15 09:37 (+22)PHL 16:15 16:04 (−11)
10-23LHR 09:15 09:20 (+5)PHL 16:10 15:57 (−13)
10-22LHR 09:15 09:35 (+20)PHL 16:10 16:02 (−8)
10-21LHR 09:15 09:37 (+22)PHL 16:10 16:06 (−4)
10-20LHR 09:15 09:44 (+29)PHL 16:10 16:14 (+4)
10-19LHR 09:15 09:35 (+20)PHL 16:10 15:56 (−14)
10-18LHR 09:15 09:43 (+28)PHL 16:10 16:23 (+13)
10-17LHR 09:15 13:28 (+253)PHL 16:10 19:57 (+227)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N848AN, N845MD, N847MF, N844MC.

Board clocks recorded as LHR and PHL published them.

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