AA896American Airlines · RDU → PHL
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AA896 Raleigh/DurhamRDU · 07:06 PhiladelphiaPHL · 08:40

AA896 by American Airlines flies from Raleigh/Durham (RDU) to Philadelphia (PHL) for the Fri, Oct 30 departure.

Right nowExpected · today · as of 06:03
07:06

departs RDU · on schedule

⚖ AA896 typically leaves +15 and lands −16. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+15 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−16 minmedian over 13 operations
Wins back in air~31 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
10-29
+18 gate · −15 arrival
10-28
+23 gate · −11 arrival
10-27
+6 gate · −31 arrival
10-26
+14 gate · −16 arrival
10-25
+13 gate · −2 arrival
10-24
+11 gate · −23 arrival
10-23
+13 gate · −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 −16 min · 0 cancelled · 13 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
RDURaleigh/DurhamOn-time likelyRDU delay board →
PHLPhiladelphiaOn-time likelyPHL delay board →
RDU→PHLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
39%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.1%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at RDU and PHL 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.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Raleigh/Durham to Philadelphia with American Airlines · Sat 31 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
7.2%0.7× 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) · About 7 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 Raleigh/Durham to Philadelphia flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA2781departs 06:00
AA1714departs 09:55
AA5590departs 10:36
AA1759departs 10:38
AA3152departs 13:01
AA5663departs 15:07

If AA896 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Raleigh/Durham to Philadelphia on the same day, with scheduled departure times in RDU local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How AA896 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA896 across the RDU and PHL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~16 min early. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 13/13 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 AA896 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
10-29RDU 07:06 07:24 (+18)PHL 08:40 08:25 (−15)
10-28RDU 07:06 07:29 (+23)PHL 12:40 12:29 (−11)
10-27RDU 07:06 07:12 (+6)PHL 12:40 12:09 (−31)
10-26RDU 07:06 07:20 (+14)PHL 12:40 12:24 (−16)
10-25RDU 07:06 07:19 (+13)PHL 12:40 12:38 (−2)
10-24RDU 07:06 07:17 (+11)PHL 12:40 12:17 (−23)
10-23RDU 07:06 07:19 (+13)PHL 12:40 12:21 (−19)
10-22RDU 07:06 07:14 (+8)PHL 12:40 12:16 (−24)
10-21RDU 07:06 07:22 (+16)PHL 12:40 12:24 (−16)
10-20RDU 07:06 07:27 (+21)PHL 12:40 12:33 (−7)
10-19RDU 07:06 07:32 (+26)PHL 12:40 12:36 (−4)
10-18RDU 07:06 07:43 (+37)PHL 12:40 12:53 (+13)
10-17RDU PHL 12:40 12:16 (−24)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N899NN, N931AN, N982AN, N849NN.

Board clocks recorded as RDU and PHL published them.

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