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(AA) American Airlines 8979 Flight Details

Delayed by 35m | Departed

Departure

RIX

Riga International Airport, LV

Flight Gate Times

08-Jan-2026

Scheduled

13:45

 EET

Actual

14:21

 EET

Total Departure Delay: 36 mins

Flight Runway Times

08-Jan-2026

Scheduled

--

Actual

--

Runway Delay: -

Terminal

-

Gate

-

Craft Type

ATR 72

AT7

Flight Time

Scheduled

1h 15m

Arrival

HEL

Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, FI

Flight Gate Times

08-Jan-2026

Scheduled

15:00

 EET

Estimated

15:35

 EET

Total Arrival Delay: 35 mins

Flight Runway Times

08-Jan-2026

Scheduled

--

Actual

--

Runway Delay: -

Terminal

-

Gate

6

Baggage Claim

12

Tail Number

OH-ATK

Flight Time

Estimated

1h 14m

Flight Notes

Operated by Finnair 1074

Also marketed as (AF) Air France 4876, (JL) JAL 6870, (QR) Qatar Airways 6131

Event Timeline

Time

Date

UTC

Event

Data Updated

8 Jan

12:24

Estimated Gate Departure changed from Jan-08-2026 2:20 PM to Jan-08-2026 2:21 PM

Actual Gate Departure changed to Jan-08-2026 2:21 PM

Tail Number changed to OH-ATK

Actual Equipment changed from AT7 to AT7

Status changed from Scheduled to Active

8 Jan

11:57

Baggage changed from 11 to 12

8 Jan

11:49

Estimated Gate Departure changed from Jan-08-2026 2:15 PM to Jan-08-2026 2:20 PM

Estimated Gate Arrival changed from Jan-08-2026 3:30 PM to Jan-08-2026 3:35 PM

8 Jan

11:25

Baggage changed from 10 to 11

8 Jan

11:17

Baggage changed from 8 to 10

8 Jan

11:01

Baggage changed from 11 to 8

8 Jan

10:57

Estimated Gate Departure changed to Jan-08-2026 2:15 PM

Estimated Gate Arrival changed to Jan-08-2026 3:30 PM

8 Jan

07:24

Arrival Gate changed to 6

7 Jan

11:52

Actual Equipment changed to AT7

6 Jan

13:11

Baggage changed to 11

5 Jan

18:12

5 Jan

18:12

Scheduled Gate Departure changed to Jan-08-2026 1:45 PM

Scheduled Gate Arrival changed to Jan-08-2026 3:00 PM

Scheduled Equipment changed to AT7