AA1872American Airlines · SEA → ORD
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA1872 SeattleSEA · 06:12 ChicagoORD · 12:26

AA1872 by American Airlines flies from Seattle (SEA) to Chicago (ORD).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
14:57

scheduled from SEA

Typical gate push−7 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−30 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~23 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
11-11
−6 gate · −31 arrival
10-31
−10 gate · −15 arrival
10-30
−10 gate · −30 arrival
10-29
−7 gate · −28 arrival
10-28
−6 gate · −31 arrival

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 −30 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SEASeattleOn-time likelySEA delay board →
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
SEA→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
34%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.5%Chance of cancellation
+5 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at SEA and ORD are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. These figures come from both airports' records 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 →

Tomorrow at SEA

Forecast

Thu 12 Nov, local date

High15°Clikely 14°C to 17°C
Low10°Clikely 8°C to 12°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at ORD

Forecast

Thu 12 Nov, local date

High9°Clikely 7°C to 11°C
Low4°Clikely 2°C to 6°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

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

Other Seattle to Chicago flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA2761departs 06:14
AA2112departs 10:43
AA2398departs 15:10
AA3046departs 17:24
AA294departs 23:34
AA2379departs 23:59

If AA1872 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Seattle to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SEA local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How AA1872 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA1872 across the SEA and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~30 min early. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 5/5 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA1872 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
11-11SEA 06:12 06:06 (−6)ORD 12:26 11:55 (−31)
10-31SEA 06:12 06:02 (−10)ORD 12:26 12:11 (−15)
10-30SEA 06:12 06:02 (−10)ORD 12:26 11:56 (−30)
10-29SEA 06:12 06:05 (−7)ORD 12:26 11:58 (−28)
10-28SEA 06:12 06:06 (−6)ORD 12:26 11:55 (−31)

Board clocks recorded as SEA and ORD published them.

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