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AA1985 American Airlines - Flight Status

Codeshare Flights
The flight FJ5048 from Fiji Airways (FJ) is a codeshare flight operated by American Airlines (AA) under the flight number AA1985. Check this page for details about flight AA1985.

Below, you can find details about American Airlines flight AA1985, which currently operates between the airports of Philadelphia - Philadelphia International Airport (Airport Code PHL) and Los Angeles - Los Angeles International Airport (Airport Code LAX).
This flight data pertains specifically to the flight's details for Friday, October 24, 2025.

AA1985 On Time performance:
83
We have calculated the percentage of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of their scheduled time, or earlier, based on real flight data from the last 3 months. More about punctuality and delays

Flight Status

AA1985 American Airlines from Philadelphia

Scheduled - On-time
Flight Status for Friday October 24, 2025
This flight is also scheduled for Today (October 23, 2025). See it here

Airline information

American Airlines
American Airlines
Equipment: Airbus A321neo

Departure

Philadelphia (PHL)
October 24, 2025
Philadelphia International Airport
Estimated Departure Time:
05:20 pm
Terminal:
A
Gate:
A7
Scheduled Departure Time: 05:20 pm

Arrival

Los Angeles (LAX)
October 24, 2025
Los Angeles International Airport
Estimated Arrival Time:
08:05 pm
Terminal:
-
Gate:
-
Scheduled Arrival Time: 08:05 pm
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Codeshare Flights

This flight is shared with other airlines, this means that these other flights are the same:

- BA5402 - British Airways

- CZ1626 - China Southern Airlines

- FJ5048 - Fiji Airways

- QF4457 - Qantas

- TN1369 - Air Tahiti Nui

Additional Information

Which is the frequency of flight AA1985?
The flight AA1985 is scheduled to flight on Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday on a weekly basis.

Which is the distance of flight AA1985?
The distance between the two airports is 2397 miles.

Which is the flight time of flight AA1985?
The scheduled flight time gate to gate is: 05:45 hours.
The real flight time gate to gate on average is: 05:40 hours.

Are the departure airport and arrival airport at the same Time Zone?
No, each airport is in a different timezone. The times shown above, are presented in the local time of each respective airport.
Current Time in Philadelphia: 2025-10-23 03:23:12
Current Time in Los Angeles: 2025-10-23 00:23:12

Alternative Flights

The following airlines serves the same route between Philadelphia and Los Angeles:

American Airlines
- Flight Number: AA1141. (On Time performance: 78 - Average Delay: 13 minutes)
- Flight Number: AA1686. (On Time performance: 94 - Average Delay: 3 minutes)
- Flight Number: AA1989. (On Time performance: 71 - Average Delay: 22 minutes)
- Flight Number: AA2018. (On Time performance: 76 - Average Delay: 9 minutes)
- Flight Number: AA2082. (On Time performance: 100 - Average Delay: 2 minutes)
- Flight Number: AA2408. (On Time performance: 85 - Average Delay: 15 minutes)
- Flight Number: AA2744. (On Time performance: 56 - Average Delay: 14 minutes)
- Flight Number: AA3235. (On Time performance: 71 - Average Delay: 12 minutes)
- Flight Number: AA3276. (On Time performance: 78 - Average Delay: 12 minutes)
- Flight Number: AA824. (On Time performance: 91 - Average Delay: 16 minutes)

Frontier Airlines
- Flight Number: F93587. (On Time performance: 66 - Average Delay: 26 minutes)

Punctuality and delays

We have gathered data from recent months and present below an analysis of how timely the flights have been.

In terms of On-Time Performance, by analyzing the flight data from the last three months, spanning from October 06, 2025 to October 13, 2025, we have obtained these figures.
Total number of flights: 6
On Time: 5 ( 83 % )
Moderate Delay: 1 ( 17 % )
Significant Delay: 0 ( 0 % )
Major Delay: 0 ( 0 % )
Canceled: 0 ( 0 % )
Diverted: 0 ( 0 % )

Average Delay: 5 minutes.
Delays analyzed by Weekday: We have gathered available data from last six months, spanning from April 15, 2025 to October 13, 2025. Next, you can observe the results broken down by day of the week: number of flights analyzed, on-time performance per day, and average delay per day.

Delays analyzed by Month: We have gathered available data from last twelve closed months, spanning from March 30, 2025 to June 04, 2025. Next, you can observe the results broken down by month: number of flights analyzed, on-time performance per month, and average delay per month.

Note: We have excluded some months from the graph, since the quantity and quality of the data is not representative enough.

Last Past Flights AA1985

Date
Departure
Arrival
Duration
Aircraft
Status
Monday
20 October
05:15 pm
Philadelphia (PHL)
08:22 pm
Los Angeles (LAX)
06h 07min
Airbus A321neo
Airbus A321neo
Landed - Delayed
Sunday
19 October
06:05 pm
Philadelphia (PHL)
08:38 pm
Los Angeles (LAX)
05h 33min
Airbus A321neo
Airbus A321neo
Landed - Delayed
Saturday
18 October
05:12 pm
Philadelphia (PHL)
07:50 pm
Los Angeles (LAX)
05h 38min
Airbus A321
Airbus A321
Landed - On-time
Friday
17 October
05:16 pm
Philadelphia (PHL)
07:54 pm
Los Angeles (LAX)
05h 38min
Airbus A321neo
Airbus A321neo
Landed - On-time
Thursday
16 October
05:15 pm
Philadelphia (PHL)
08:13 pm
Los Angeles (LAX)
05h 58min
Airbus A321neo
Airbus A321neo
Landed - On-time
Monday
13 October
05:16 pm
Philadelphia (PHL)
07:59 pm
Los Angeles (LAX)
05h 43min
Airbus A321neo
Airbus A321neo
Landed - On-time
Sunday
12 October
05:12 pm
Philadelphia (PHL)
07:56 pm
Los Angeles (LAX)
05h 44min
Airbus A321neo
Airbus A321neo
Landed - On-time
Saturday
11 October
04:58 pm
Philadelphia (PHL)
07:32 pm
Los Angeles (LAX)
05h 34min
Airbus A321neo
Airbus A321neo
Landed - On-time
Friday
10 October
05:13 pm
Philadelphia (PHL)
07:42 pm
Los Angeles (LAX)
05h 29min
Airbus A321neo
Airbus A321neo
Landed - On-time
Thursday
09 October
05:19 pm
Philadelphia (PHL)
07:52 pm
Los Angeles (LAX)
05h 33min
Airbus A321neo
Airbus A321neo
Landed - On-time