AA2891American Airlines · LAX → ORD
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AA2891 Los AngelesLAX · 12:36 ChicagoORD · 18:50

AA2891 by American Airlines flies from Los Angeles (LAX) to Chicago (ORD) for the Sun, Nov 1 departure.

Right nowEn route to Chicago · off blocks 12:48 · 12 min late
En route

en route from LAX to ORD

En routeAA2891 · position estimated
LAXLos AngelesORDChicago
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 12:48 · typical taxi-out at LAX ≈ 4.5 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+17 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−6 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~23 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+35+69+104 min
11-01
+12 gate · −21 arrival
10-31
+12 gate · −21 arrival
10-30
+13 gate · −6 arrival
10-29
+104 gate · +70 arrival
10-28
+45 gate · +19 arrival
10-27
+20 gate

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 −6 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
LAXLos AngelesModerate riskLAX delay board →
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
LAX→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
41%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.6%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at LAX 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 on this route

Forecast

Los Angeles to Chicago with American Airlines · Mon 2 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.6%1.3× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
9.4%1.0× usual

Forecast weather: 80% chance of rain at Chicago

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 10 departures a day on this route with this airline. · 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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T
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T
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Los Angeles to Chicago flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA642departs 00:50
AA383departs 06:01
AA2564departs 06:02
AA1178departs 07:15
AA1598departs 07:32
AA2998departs 09:40

If AA2891 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Los Angeles to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in LAX 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 AA2891 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA2891 across the LAX and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~6 min early. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 3/5 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 AA2891 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
11-01LAX 12:36 12:48 (+12)ORD 18:50 18:29 (−21)
10-31LAX 12:36 12:48 (+12)ORD 18:50 18:29 (−21)
10-30LAX 12:15 12:28 (+13)ORD 18:38 18:32 (−6)
10-29LAX 12:15 13:59 (+104)ORD 18:38 19:48 (+70)
10-28LAX 12:15 13:00 (+45)ORD 18:38 18:57 (+19)
10-27LAX 12:15 12:35 (+20)ORD

Aircraft

Recent tails: N170US, N140AN, N136AN, N474AN.

Board clocks recorded as LAX and ORD published them.

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