Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records
AA 2561 · Houston (IAH) → Philadelphia (PHL)
Sold by American. Still flying: 56 of the last 56 days (Daily).
Arrives on time73%within 15 minutes, of 76 flights
Cancelled6.6%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late17%of flights that operated
When late, on average202 minlate, among flights 15+ min late
Schedule
Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport (Philadelphia is 1 h ahead of Houston).
- Leaves IAH
- 07:01
- Arrives PHL
- 11:23
- Flight time
- 3h 22m
- Days flown, last 8 weeks
- 56 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.
Horizontal: minutes late at arrival (0 to 3 hours). Vertical: share of flights later than that.
Its hour at IAH
All flights leaving Houston (IAH) at 7–8 am, wherever they’re going: 91% left within 15 minutes and 0.9% were cancelled (15,734 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.