AA1989 PHL → LAX

American Airlines · Philadelphia, PA to Los Angeles, CA · 92 flights observed, 2025-07-01 to 2025-10-05 · 2,402 mi

This flight has been getting more reliable recently — 2025-10's on-time rate (100%) is well above the 66% average from earlier months.

AA1989 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for PHL → LAX, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
70%
Median delay
-1 min
90th percentile
+63 min
Cancellation rate
5%

How often is AA1989 on time?

Across 92 flights on PHL → LAX from 2025-07-01 to 2025-10-05, AA1989 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 70% of the time. The median arrival delay was -1 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +63 min or later. 5% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time6170%
16-30 min910%
31-60 min78%
61-120 min89%
2+ hrs22%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-072245%+24 min
2025-083067%+25 min
2025-093087%-10 min
2025-105100%-30 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon1377%
Tue1267%
Wed1457%
Thu1362%
Fri1369%
Sat989%
Sun1377%

Based on US Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading live conditions and full charts…