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Is AA981 delayed?

Service date: · Scheduled departure date (America/New_York)

Arrived

22 min late

Official source · Updated

Departure

Philadelphia

PHL

Scheduled

Sep 3

Arrival

Cleveland

CLE

Actual

Scheduled 23:30

Sep 3

Times shown in airport local time

Flight details

Departure · UTC

Scheduled
Estimated
Not available
Actual
Not available

Arrival · UTC

Scheduled
Estimated
Not available
Actual
Route overview: Philadelphia → ClevelandPHLCLE
Route overview

Recent arrivals

Dates below are arrival dates in the destination airport’s time zone. The detailed history uses service dates.

  • PHL → CLE

    32 min late

  • PHL → CLE

    30 min early

  • PHL → CLE

    13 min early

  • PHL → CLE

    10 min late

  • PHL → CLE

    10 min late
Flight history and details

Aug 18, 2026 — Sep 17, 2026

Observed arrivals
22
Arrivals over 15 minutes late
3
Observed cancellations
0
Observed occurrences
26

Results compare scheduled and actual arrival times. Cancelled or diverted flights are excluded. Some flights may be missing from the history.

How flight status works

AA981 Recent arrival history
Service dateDepartureArrivalActualArrival delay (minutes)
Sep 16, 2026ArrivedPhiladelphiaCleveland
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32
Sep 15, 2026ArrivedPhiladelphiaCleveland
-30
Sep 14, 2026ArrivedPhiladelphiaCleveland
-13
Sep 13, 2026ArrivedPhiladelphiaCleveland
10
Sep 12, 2026ArrivedPhiladelphiaCleveland
10
Sep 11, 2026ArrivedPhiladelphiaCleveland
-5
Sep 10, 2026ArrivedPhiladelphiaCleveland
-31
Sep 9, 2026ArrivedPhiladelphiaCleveland
1
Sep 8, 2026ArrivedPhiladelphiaCleveland
-21
Sep 7, 2026ArrivedPhiladelphiaCleveland
-13
Sep 6, 2026ArrivedPhiladelphiaCleveland
-15
Sep 4, 2026ArrivedPhiladelphiaCleveland
0
Sep 3, 2026ArrivedPhiladelphiaCleveland
22
Sep 2, 2026ArrivedPhiladelphiaCleveland
-13
Sep 1, 2026ArrivedPhiladelphiaCleveland
211
Aug 31, 2026ArrivedPhiladelphiaCleveland
9
Aug 30, 2026ArrivedPhiladelphiaCleveland
-2
Aug 28, 2026ArrivedPhiladelphiaCleveland
-14
Aug 26, 2026ArrivedPhiladelphiaCleveland
-35
Aug 25, 2026ArrivedPhiladelphiaCleveland
-23
Aug 24, 2026ArrivedPhiladelphiaCleveland
-30
Aug 23, 2026ArrivedPhiladelphiaCleveland
-7

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