AA3561 ChicagoORD · 20:30 Little RockLIT · 22:03
AA3561 by American Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to Little Rock (LIT) for the Wed, Nov 11 departure.
departs ORD · on schedule
board checked 9m ago · checking again in 45s
Where the minutes go
last 3 operations · gate push → arrivalThe bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.
The route today
live boardsWeather lens
Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight
Measured, 90-day sampleConditions at ORD and LIT 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 at Chicago
ForecastThu 12 Nov, local date
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 Little Rock
ForecastThu 12 Nov, local date
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 departuresEach mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.
Other Chicago to Little Rock flights today
same route · American AirlinesIf AA3561 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Little Rock on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ORD 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 AA3561 actually runs
Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA3561 across the ORD and LIT boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: left about 11 min early but landed about 29 min early. Not enough to call it.
The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA3561 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.
How this operation is measured
Board log
scheduled → actual, per operationAircraft
Recent tails: N303DD, N221NN, N223NN.
Board clocks recorded as ORD and LIT published them.
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