AA2304American Airlines · DCA → ORD
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA2304 WashingtonDCA · 06:00 ChicagoORD · 07:27

AA2304 by American Airlines flies from Washington (DCA) to Chicago (ORD) for the Tue, Nov 3 departure.

Right nowEn route to Chicago · off blocks 06:40 · 40 min late
En route

en route from DCA to ORD

En routeAA2304 · position estimated
DCAWashingtonORDChicago
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 06:40 · typical taxi-out at DCA ≈ 7.6 min.

⚖ AA2304 typically leaves +12 and lands −16. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+12 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−16 minmedian over 13 operations
Wins back in air~28 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 13tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+127+255+382 min
11-03
+40 gate · +13 arrival
10-31
+14 gate · −4 arrival
10-30
+11 gate · −15 arrival
10-29
+6 gate · −20 arrival
10-28
+382 gate · +37 arrival
10-27
+40 gate · +13 arrival
10-26
+12 gate · −19 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 −16 min · 0 cancelled · 13 operations tracked

The route today

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

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
39%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.3%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

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. 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 Washington

Forecast

Wed 4 Nov, local date

High23°Clikely 22°C to 25°C
Low13°Clikely 11°C to 15°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 Chicago

Forecast

Wed 4 Nov, local date

High19°Clikely 17°C to 21°C
Low13°Clikely 10°C to 16°C
  • 96% 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.

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
AA2903departs 06:00
AA2633departs 07:45
AA613departs 07:50
AA3055departs 08:39
AA522departs 08:41
AA1200departs 10:13

If AA2304 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 that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How AA2304 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA2304 across the DCA and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~16 min early. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 12/13 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 AA2304 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
11-03DCA 06:00 06:40 (+40)ORD 07:27 07:40 (+13)
10-31DCA 06:00 06:14 (+14)ORD 07:27 07:23 (−4)
10-30DCA 06:00 06:11 (+11)ORD 07:27 07:12 (−15)
10-29DCA 06:00 06:06 (+6)ORD 07:27 07:07 (−20)
10-28DCA 07:12 13:34 (+382)ORD 07:27 08:04 (+37)
10-27DCA 06:00 06:40 (+40)ORD 07:27 07:40 (+13)
10-26DCA 06:00 06:12 (+12)ORD 07:27 07:08 (−19)
10-25DCA 06:00 06:05 (+5)ORD 07:27 06:58 (−29)
10-24DCA 06:00 06:15 (+15)ORD 07:27 07:01 (−26)
10-23DCA 06:00 06:09 (+9)ORD 07:27 07:11 (−16)
10-22DCA 06:00 06:12 (+12)ORD 07:27 07:04 (−23)
10-21DCA 06:00 06:03 (+3)ORD 07:27 06:37 (−50)
10-20DCA 06:00 06:22 (+22)ORD 07:27 07:14 (−13)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N971NN, N310RF, N306RC, N826AW.

Board clocks recorded as DCA and ORD published them.

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