AA740American Airlines · PHL → MAD
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA740 PhiladelphiaPHL · 20:40 MadridMAD · 08:55

AA740 by American Airlines flies from Philadelphia (PHL) to Madrid (MAD) for the Fri, Oct 30 departure.

Right nowLanded in Madrid · today
08:20

arrived at MAD · 35 min early

Typical gate push−12 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−6 minmedian over 6 operations

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-30
−12 gate · −35 arrival
10-29
−12 gate · −35 arrival
10-28
−4 gate · +11 arrival
10-27
+78 arrival
10-26
+14 arrival
10-25
−24 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 −6 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
PHLPhiladelphiaOn-time likelyPHL delay board →
MADMadridOn-time likelyMAD delay board →
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Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
36%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.4%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at PHL and MAD 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.

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Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Philadelphia to Madrid with American Airlines · Sat 31 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
6.0%0.8× usual

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Fewer than one departure a day on this route with this airline, so read it as a rough guide. · 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.

How AA740 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA740 across the PHL and MAD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~6 min early. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 5/6 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA740 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
10-30PHL 20:40 20:28 (−12)MAD 08:55 08:20 (−35)
10-29PHL 20:40 20:28 (−12)MAD 08:55 08:20 (−35)
10-28PHL 20:40 20:36 (−4)MAD 08:55 09:06 (+11)
10-27PHL MAD 08:55 10:13 (+78)
10-26PHL MAD 08:55 09:09 (+14)
10-25PHL MAD 08:55 08:31 (−24)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N800AN, N818AL.

Board clocks recorded as PHL and MAD published them.

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