AA3551American Airlines · ORD → MSP
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA3551 ChicagoORD · 08:21 MinneapolisMSP · 10:14

AA3551 by American Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to Minneapolis (MSP) for the Sun, Sep 13 departure.

Right nowEn route to Minneapolis · off blocks 09:04 · 43 min late
En route

en route from ORD to MSP

En routeAA3551 · position estimated
ORDChicagoMSPMinneapolis
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 09:04 · typical taxi-out at ORD ≈ 7.6 min.

Typical gate push+43 minmedian posted departure

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+159+317+476 min
09-13
+43 gate
09-12
−3 gate
09-11
−8 gate
09-10
+476 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
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
MSPMinneapolisOn-time likelyMSP delay board →
ORD→MSPevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
39%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.9%Chance of cancellation

Conditions at ORD and MSP 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 Chicago to Minneapolis flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA9801departs 05:30
AA4162departs 06:45
AA3507departs 08:25
AA3552departs 10:45
AA2448departs 11:37
AA3375departs 11:47

If AA3551 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Minneapolis 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 AA3551 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA3551 across the ORD and MSP boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually departs ~43 min late. Based on 4 confirmed departures · 2/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA3551 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
09-13ORD 08:21 09:04 (+43)MSP 10:14
09-12ORD 08:21 08:18 (−3)MSP 10:14
09-11ORD 08:21 08:13 (−8)MSP 10:14
09-10ORD 08:21 16:17 (+476)MSP 10:14

Board clocks recorded as ORD and MSP published them.

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