AA2842American Airlines · ORD → CLT
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA2842 ChicagoORD · 05:05 CharlotteCLT · 08:07

AA2842 by American Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to Charlotte (CLT) for the Wed, Aug 19 departure.

Right nowScheduled · gate H15 · as of 04:39
05:05

departs ORD · on schedule

⚖ AA2842 typically leaves −2 and lands −10. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push−2 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−10 minmedian over 11 operations
Wins back in air~8 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
08-18
−6 gate · −22 arrival
08-17
−7 gate · −19 arrival
08-16
−4 gate · −10 arrival
08-15
−8 gate · +1 arrival
08-14
−2 gate · +13 arrival
08-13
+14 gate · −6 arrival
08-12
−7 gate · −11 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 −10 min · 0 cancelled · 11 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
CLTCharlotteOn-time likelyCLT delay board →
ORD→CLTevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
44%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.9%Chance of cancellation
+16 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at ORD and CLT 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 Charlotte flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA1784departs 06:49
AA411departs 07:30
AA2080departs 08:54
AA2530departs 09:00
AA3193departs 11:53
AA3280departs 13:15

If AA2842 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Charlotte 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 AA2842 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA2842 across the ORD and CLT boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~10 min early. Based on 11 confirmed landings · 11/11 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA2842 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
08-18ORD 05:05 04:59 (−6)CLT 08:07 07:45 (−22)
08-17ORD 05:05 04:58 (−7)CLT 08:07 07:48 (−19)
08-16ORD 05:05 05:01 (−4)CLT 08:07 07:57 (−10)
08-15ORD 05:05 04:57 (−8)CLT 08:07 08:08 (+1)
08-14ORD 05:05 05:03 (−2)CLT 08:07 08:20 (+13)
08-13ORD 05:05 05:19 (+14)CLT 08:07 08:01 (−6)
08-12ORD 05:05 04:58 (−7)CLT 08:07 07:56 (−11)
08-11ORD 05:05 05:13 (+8)CLT 08:07 07:36 (−31)
08-10ORD 05:05 05:34 (+29)CLT 08:07 08:14 (+7)
08-09ORD 05:05 05:16 (+11)CLT 08:07 07:59 (−8)
08-08ORD 05:05 05:03 (−2)CLT 08:07 07:40 (−27)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N165NN, N587UW, N521UW, N155UW.

Board clocks recorded as ORD and CLT published them.

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