AA738 LAX → PHL

American Airlines · Los Angeles, CA to Philadelphia, PA · 59 flights observed, 2025-07-01 to 2025-09-02 · 2,402 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 78% on-time on Sundays vs. 40% on Tuesdays.

AA738 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for LAX → PHL, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
62%
Median delay
+4 min
90th percentile
+58 min
Cancellation rate
2%

How often is AA738 on time?

Across 59 flights on LAX → PHL from 2025-07-01 to 2025-09-02, AA738 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 62% of the time. The median arrival delay was +4 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +58 min or later. 2% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time3662%
16-30 min712%
31-60 min916%
61-120 min47%
2+ hrs23%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-072650%+24 min
2025-083073%+6 min
2025-09250%+8 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon967%
Tue1040%
Wed956%
Thu863%
Fri967%
Sat475%
Sun978%

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