Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records

AA 2197 · Philadelphia (PHL) → Los Angeles (LAX)

Sold by American. Still flying: 26 of the last 56 days (Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun).

Arrives on time54%within 15 minutes, of 26 flights
Cancelled7.7%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late25%of flights that operated
When late, on average79 minlate, among flights 15+ min late

Schedule

Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport (Los Angeles is 3 h behind Philadelphia).

Leaves PHL
19:52
Arrives LAX
22:55
Flight time
6h 03m
Days flown, last 8 weeks
26 of 56

Each square is a day, Sat Jun 6 to Fri Jul 31, two weeks per row (each column is the same weekday); filled = flew.

How late it arrives

Share of flights that operated arriving more than this late.

15+ min late46%
30+ min late38%
1h+ late25%
2h+ late12%
10%20%30%40%50% 015301h1h302h3h

Horizontal: minutes late at arrival (0 to 3 hours). Vertical: share of flights later than that.

Its hour at PHL

All flights leaving Philadelphia (PHL) at 7–8 pm, wherever they’re going: 70% left within 15 minutes and 3.7% were cancelled (10,113 flights in the year). Other American flights on this route →

Upcoming forecasts

Our odds that this flight is late or cancelled on the days we publish.