AA1979American Airlines · ORD → LAX
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA1979 ChicagoORD · 05:30 Los AngelesLAX · 08:22

AA1979 by American Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to Los Angeles (LAX) for the Tue, Nov 10 departure.

Right nowEn route to Los Angeles · off blocks 05:22 · 8 min early
En route

en route from ORD to LAX

En routeAA1979 · position estimated
ORDChicagoLAXLos Angeles
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 05:22 · typical taxi-out at ORD ≈ 8.4 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

⚖ AA1979 typically leaves −5 and lands −45. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push−5 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−45 minmedian over 11 operations
Wins back in air~40 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 11tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-10
−8 gate · −14 arrival
11-09
−4 gate · −63 arrival
11-08
+0 gate · −61 arrival
11-07
+25 gate · −49 arrival
11-06
−9 gate · −63 arrival
11-05
−9 gate · −59 arrival
11-04
+74 gate · +38 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 −45 min · 0 cancelled · 11 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
LAXLos AngelesOn-time likelyLAX delay board →
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Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
39%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.6%Chance of cancellation
+5 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at ORD and LAX 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 Chicago

Forecast

Wed 11 Nov, local date

High13°Clikely 11°C to 15°C
Low5°Clikely 4°C to 7°C
  • 75% chance of rain

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 Los Angeles

Forecast

Wed 11 Nov, local date

High27°Clikely 25°C to 29°C
Low17°Clikely 16°C to 19°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
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Chicago to Los Angeles flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA2710departs 06:29
AA2124departs 08:42
AA2791departs 10:30
AA832departs 11:45
AA1021departs 13:24
AA529departs 15:20

If AA1979 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Los Angeles on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ORD 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 AA1979 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA1979 across the ORD and LAX boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~38 min early. Based on 10 confirmed landings · 9/10 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 AA1979 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
11-10ORD 05:30 05:22 (−8)LAX 08:22 08:08 (−14)
11-09ORD 05:30 05:26 (−4)LAX 08:22 07:19 (−63)
11-08ORD 05:30 (+0)LAX 08:22 07:21 (−61)
11-07ORD 05:30 05:55 (+25)LAX 08:22 07:33 (−49)
11-06ORD 05:30 05:21 (−9)LAX 08:22 07:19 (−63)
11-05ORD 05:30 05:21 (−9)LAX 08:22 07:23 (−59)
11-04ORD 05:30 06:44 (+74)LAX 08:22 09:00 (+38)
11-03ORD 05:30 05:24 (−6)LAX 08:22 07:40 (−42)
11-02ORD 05:30 05:22 (−8)LAX 08:22 07:37 (−45)
11-01ORD 06:30 06:35 (+5)LAX 08:22 08:05 (−17)
10-31ORD 10:30LAX 13:06 13:00 (−6)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N176UW, N198UW, N917UY, N910AU.

Board clocks recorded as ORD and LAX published them.

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