AA2556American Airlines · ORD → BNA
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA2556 ChicagoORD · 21:20 NashvilleBNA · 22:55

AA2556 by American Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to Nashville (BNA).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
08:25

scheduled from ORD

Typical gate push+55 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+44 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~11 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+38+76+114 min
10-04
+55 gate · +44 arrival
10-03
−6 gate · −18 arrival
10-02
+31 gate · +20 arrival
10-01
+113 gate · +114 arrival

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

The route today

live boards
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
BNANashvilleOn-time likelyBNA delay board →
ORD→BNAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
42%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.8%Chance of cancellation
+12 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at ORD and BNA 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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Chicago to Nashville flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA3973departs 06:59
AA6354departs 08:08
AA4991departs 08:47
AA2362departs 11:00
AA9922departs 11:30
AA2500departs 13:20

If AA2556 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Nashville on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ORD local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How AA2556 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA2556 across the ORD and BNA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~57 min late. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 1/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA2556 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
10-04ORD 21:20 22:15 (+55)BNA 22:55 23:39 (+44)
10-03ORD 21:20 21:14 (−6)BNA 22:55 22:37 (−18)
10-02ORD 21:20 21:51 (+31)BNA 22:55 23:15 (+20)
10-01ORD 21:20 23:13 (+113)BNA 22:55 00:49 (+114)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N753US, N822AW, N757UW, N732US.

Board clocks recorded as ORD and BNA published them.

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