AA3973American Airlines · ORD → BNA
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA3973 ChicagoORD · 06:59 NashvilleBNA · 08:40

AA3973 by American Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to Nashville (BNA) for the Tue, Oct 13 departure.

Right nowAwaiting arrival in Nashville · off blocks 06:55 · 4 min early
08:33

estimated arrival at BNA · local time · past this estimate · waiting on the board

En routeAA3973 · position estimated
ORDChicagoBNANashville
Estimated from the boardsarr 08:33

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 06:55 · typical taxi-out at ORD ≈ 7.3 min.

⚖ AA3973 typically leaves −4 and lands −9. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push−4 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−9 minmedian over 11 operations
Wins back in air~5 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
10-13
−4 gate · −7 arrival
10-12
−5 gate · −15 arrival
10-11
+4 gate · +31 arrival
10-10
−4 gate · −6 arrival
10-09
−4 gate · +23 arrival
10-08
−8 gate · −9 arrival
10-07
−4 gate · −6 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 −9 min · 0 cancelled · 11 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
BNANashvilleOn-time likelyBNA delay board →
ORD→BNAevery 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
1.8%Chance of cancellation
+12 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at ORD and BNA 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 Nashville flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA6354departs 08:08
AA4991departs 08:47
AA2362departs 11:00
AA9922departs 11:30
AA2500departs 13:20
AA4918departs 18:10

If AA3973 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Nashville 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 AA3973 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA3973 across the ORD and BNA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 10 confirmed landings · 8/10 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA3973 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
10-13ORD 06:59 06:55 (−4)BNA 08:40 08:33 (−7)
10-12ORD 06:59 06:54 (−5)BNA 08:40 08:25 (−15)
10-11ORD 06:59 07:03 (+4)BNA 08:13 08:44 (+31)
10-10ORD 06:59 06:55 (−4)BNA 08:40 08:34 (−6)
10-09ORD 06:59 06:55 (−4)BNA 08:40 09:03 (+23)
10-08ORD 06:59 06:51 (−8)BNA 08:40 08:31 (−9)
10-07ORD 06:59 06:55 (−4)BNA 08:40 08:34 (−6)
10-06ORD 06:59 06:51 (−8)BNA 08:40 08:17 (−23)
10-05ORD 06:59 06:54 (−5)BNA 08:40 08:11 (−29)
10-04ORD 06:56 06:51 (−5)BNA 08:40 08:15 (−25)
10-03ORD BNA 08:40 08:19 (−21)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N273NN, N219NN, N222NS, N231AN.

Board clocks recorded as ORD and BNA published them.

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