AA981American Airlines · PHL → CLE
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA981 PhiladelphiaPHL · 02:10 ClevelandCLE · 23:26

AA981 by American Airlines flies from Philadelphia (PHL) to Cleveland (CLE).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
22:10

scheduled from PHL

Typical gate push+61 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−23 minmedian over 15 operations
Wins back in air~84 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 15tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+43+87+130 min
10-23
+61 gate · +1 arrival
10-22
−40 arrival
10-21
+130 gate · −36 arrival
10-20
−3 gate · +97 arrival
10-19
−28 arrival
10-18
+56 arrival
10-17
−26 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 −23 min · 0 cancelled · 15 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
PHLPhiladelphiaOn-time likelyPHL delay board →
CLEClevelandOn-time likelyCLE delay board →
PHL→CLEevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
43%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.9%Chance of cancellation
+10 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at PHL and CLE 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 Cleveland flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA5623departs 09:40
AA6047departs 12:55
AA1209departs 15:02
AA5287departs 16:30

If AA981 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Philadelphia to Cleveland 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 AA981 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA981 across the PHL and CLE boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 14 confirmed landings · 9/14 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA981 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
10-23PHL 02:10 03:11 (+61)CLE 23:26 23:27 (+1)
10-22PHL CLE 23:58 23:18 (−40)
10-21PHL 00:10 02:20 (+130)CLE 23:58 23:22 (−36)
10-20PHL 02:10 02:07 (−3)CLE 21:54 23:31 (+97)
10-19PHL CLE 23:58 23:30 (−28)
10-18PHL CLE 23:58 00:54 (+56)
10-17PHL CLE 23:58 23:32 (−26)
10-16PHL CLE 23:58 00:04 (+6)
10-15PHL CLE 23:58 23:28 (−30)
10-14PHL 00:10 00:04 (−6)CLE 23:58 23:46 (−12)
10-13PHL 02:10 02:02 (−8)CLE 21:54 21:31 (−23)
10-12PHL CLE 23:58 23:15 (−43)
10-11PHL CLE 23:50 00:15 (+25)
10-10PHL CLE 23:58 23:19 (−39)
10-09PHL 02:10 03:11 (+61)CLE 23:26 23:27 (+1)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N767UW, N744P, N721UW, N8001N.

Board clocks recorded as PHL and CLE published them.

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