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AA5040 American Airlines - Flight Status

Codeshare Flights
The flight AS4020 from Alaska Airlines (AS) is a codeshare flight operated by American Airlines (AA) under the flight number AA5040. Check this page for details about flight AA5040.

Below, you can find details about American Airlines flight AA5040, which currently operates between the airports of Philadelphia - Philadelphia International Airport (Airport Code PHL) and Memphis - Memphis International Airport (Airport Code MEM).
This flight data pertains specifically to the flight's details for Thursday, August 14, 2025.

AA5040 On Time performance:
72
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

AA5040 American Airlines to Memphis

Scheduled - On-time
Flight Status for Thursday August 14, 2025
This flight was also scheduled for Yesterday (August 13, 2025). See it here
This flight is also scheduled for Tomorrow (August 15, 2025). See it here

Airline information

American Airlines
American Airlines
Equipment: Canadair (Bombardier) Regional Jet 700 and Challenger 870

Departure

Philadelphia (PHL)
August 14, 2025
Philadelphia International Airport
Estimated Departure Time:
11:21 am
Terminal:
F
Gate:
F23
Scheduled Departure Time: 11:21 am

Arrival

Memphis (MEM)
August 14, 2025
Memphis International Airport
Estimated Arrival Time:
12:56 pm
Terminal:
-
Gate:
4
Scheduled Arrival Time: 12:56 pm
Baggage: 3B
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Codeshare Flights

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

- AS4020 - Alaska Airlines

- QR7758 - Qatar Airways

Additional Information

Which is the frequency of flight AA5040?
The flight AA5040 is scheduled to flight on daily basis.

Which is the distance of flight AA5040?
The distance between the two airports is 873 miles.

Which is the flight time of flight AA5040?
The scheduled flight time gate to gate is: 02:35 hours.
The real flight time gate to gate on average is: 02:30 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: 2025-08-14 05:22:41
Current Time in Memphis: 2025-08-14 04:22:41

Alternative Flights

The following airlines serves the same route between Philadelphia and Memphis:

American Airlines
- Flight Number: AA4416. (On Time performance: 50 - Average Delay: 55 minutes)
- Flight Number: AA4450. (On Time performance: 94 - Average Delay: 6 minutes)
- Flight Number: AA5387.

FedEx
- Flight Number: FX1294. (On Time performance: 70 - Average Delay: 13 minutes)
- Flight Number: FX1377. (On Time performance: 73 - Average Delay: 14 minutes)
- Flight Number: FX447. (On Time performance: 76 - Average Delay: 12 minutes)
- Flight Number: FX450. (On Time performance: 81 - Average Delay: 14 minutes)
- Flight Number: FX851. (On Time performance: 85 - Average Delay: 5 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 June 05, 2025 to August 05, 2025, we have obtained these figures.
Total number of flights: 61
On Time: 44 ( 72 % )
Moderate Delay: 2 ( 3 % )
Significant Delay: 5 ( 8 % )
Major Delay: 10 ( 16 % )
Canceled: 0 ( 0 % )
Diverted: 0 ( 0 % )

Average Delay: 28 minutes.
Delays analyzed by Weekday: We have gathered available data from last six months, spanning from February 13, 2025 to August 05, 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 November 05, 2024 to July 31, 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 AA5040

Date
Departure
Arrival
Duration
Aircraft
Status
Wednesday
13 August
11:15 am
Philadelphia (PHL)
12:35 pm
Memphis (MEM)
02h 20min
Canadair (Bomb
Canadair (Bomb
Landed - On-time
Tuesday
12 August
11:33 am
Philadelphia (PHL)
01:02 pm
Memphis (MEM)
02h 29min
Canadair (Bomb
Canadair (Bomb
Landed - On-time
Monday
11 August
11:11 am
Philadelphia (PHL)
12:29 pm
Memphis (MEM)
02h 18min
Canadair (Bomb
Canadair (Bomb
Landed - On-time
Sunday
10 August
11:13 am
Philadelphia (PHL)
12:32 pm
Memphis (MEM)
02h 19min
Canadair (Bomb
Canadair (Bomb
Landed - On-time
Saturday
09 August
11:17 am
Philadelphia (PHL)
12:36 pm
Memphis (MEM)
02h 19min
Canadair (Bomb
Canadair (Bomb
Landed - On-time
Friday
08 August
11:16 am
Philadelphia (PHL)
12:47 pm
Memphis (MEM)
02h 31min
Canadair (Bomb
Canadair (Bomb
Landed - On-time
Thursday
07 August
11:10 am
Philadelphia (PHL)
12:36 pm
Memphis (MEM)
02h 26min
Canadair (Bomb
Canadair (Bomb
Landed - On-time
Tuesday
05 August
02:35 pm
Philadelphia (PHL)
04:08 pm
Memphis (MEM)
02h 33min
Canadair (Bomb
Canadair (Bomb
Landed - Delayed
Monday
04 August
10:41 am
Philadelphia (PHL)
12:38 pm
Memphis (MEM)
02h 57min
Canadair (Bomb
Canadair (Bomb
Landed - On-time
Sunday
03 August
10:44 am
Philadelphia (PHL)
12:24 pm
Memphis (MEM)
02h 40min
Canadair (Bomb
Canadair (Bomb
Landed - On-time