AA1637American Airlines · DCA → ORD
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA1637 WashingtonDCA · 15:41 ChicagoORD · 17:14

AA1637 by American Airlines flies from Washington (DCA) to Chicago (ORD) for the Wed, Aug 19 departure.

Right nowLanded in Chicago · today
17:04

arrived at ORD · 10 min early

Typical gate push+18 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−1 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~19 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
08-19
−10 arrival
08-18
+18 gate · −27 arrival
08-17
+16 gate · −1 arrival
08-16
+81 gate · +46 arrival
08-15
+14 gate

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival −1 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DCAWashingtonModerate riskDCA delay board →
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
DCA→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
49%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.9%Chance of cancellation
+16 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at DCA and ORD are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Washington to Chicago flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA2304departs 07:35
AA2607departs 09:07
AA1200departs 10:18
AA2023departs 11:35
AA808departs 13:46
AA1189departs 17:23

If AA1637 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Washington to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DCA local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How AA1637 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA1637 across the DCA and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 3/4 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA1637 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
08-19DCA 15:41ORD 17:14 17:04 (−10)
08-18DCA 15:41 15:59 (+18)ORD 17:14 16:47 (−27)
08-17DCA 15:41 15:57 (+16)ORD 17:14 17:13 (−1)
08-16DCA 15:41 17:02 (+81)ORD 17:14 18:00 (+46)
08-15DCA 15:41 15:55 (+14)ORD 17:14

Aircraft

Recent tails: N840NN, N964NN, N899NN, N356TX.

Board clocks recorded as DCA and ORD published them.

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