AA2891American Airlines · LAX → ORD
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA2891 Los AngelesLAX · 11:17 ChicagoORD · 17:47

AA2891 by American Airlines flies from Los Angeles (LAX) to Chicago (ORD) for the Wed, Aug 19 departure.

Right nowLanded in Chicago · today
17:29

arrived at ORD · 18 min early

Typical gate push+19 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+3 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~16 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
08-19
+19 gate · −18 arrival
08-18
+12 gate · −28 arrival
08-17
+48 gate · +3 arrival
08-16
+14 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
LAXLos AngelesOn-time likelyLAX delay board →
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
LAX→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
44%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.7%Chance of cancellation

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. For this route and airline, under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days. This route's tracked sample is still thin — treat these as an early read, not a precise forecast.

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 Los Angeles to Chicago flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA3161departs 00:41
AA383departs 06:00
AA1598departs 08:27
AA2998departs 09:25
AA3075departs 10:22
AA3194departs 13:20

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 posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. 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 on time. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 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
08-19LAX 11:17 11:36 (+19)ORD 17:47 17:29 (−18)
08-18LAX 11:17 11:29 (+12)ORD 17:47 17:19 (−28)
08-17LAX 11:17 12:05 (+48)ORD 17:47 17:50 (+3)
08-16LAX 11:17ORD 17:47 18:01 (+14)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N132AN, N162AA.

Board clocks recorded as LAX and ORD published them.

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