AA2578American Airlines · BOS → ORD
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA2578 BostonBOS · 15:31 ChicagoORD · 17:36

AA2578 by American Airlines flies from Boston (BOS) to Chicago (ORD).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
13:28

scheduled from BOS

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-31
+4 arrival
10-30
+16 gate · +29 arrival
10-29
−8 gate

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
BOSBostonModerate riskBOS delay board →
ORDChicagoHigh riskORD delay board →
BOS→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
46%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.2%Chance of cancellation
+16 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by ORD (Chicago), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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 Boston

Forecast

Thu 5 Nov, local date

High24°Clikely 22°C to 25°C
Low16°Clikely 13°C to 18°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

Thu 5 Nov, local date

High12°Clikely 10°C to 14°C
Low10°Clikely 7°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.

When it flies

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

Other Boston to Chicago flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA2146departs 05:43
AA3324departs 05:54
AA1509departs 07:00
AA947departs 07:13
AA1239departs 08:23
AA2166departs 10:20

If AA2578 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Boston to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BOS 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 AA2578 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA2578 across the BOS and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: landed +17 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA2578 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
10-31BOS 15:31ORD 17:36 17:40 (+4)
10-30BOS 15:31 15:47 (+16)ORD 17:36 18:05 (+29)
10-29BOS 15:31 15:23 (−8)ORD

Board clocks recorded as BOS and ORD published them.

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