AA4478American Airlines · CVG → ORD
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA4478 Cincinnati / CovingtonCVG · 13:59 ChicagoORD · 14:39

AA4478 by American Airlines flies from Cincinnati / Covington (CVG) to Chicago (ORD) for the Sat, Aug 22 departure.

Right nowLanded in Chicago · today
14:53

arrived at ORD · 14 min late

Typical gate push+34 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+10 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~24 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
08-22
+52 gate · +14 arrival
08-21
+44 gate · +10 arrival
08-20
+15 gate · −6 arrival
08-19
+14 gate · −8 arrival
08-18
+34 gate · +13 arrival
08-17
+26 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 +10 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
CVGCincinnati / CovingtonOn-time likelyCVG delay board →
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
CVG→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
50%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.1%Chance of cancellation
+16 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at CVG 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.

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 Cincinnati / Covington to Chicago flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA2634departs 01:15
AA3894departs 08:30
AA4915departs 09:54
AA3488departs 12:04
AA4483departs 12:34
AA4143departs 15:44

If AA4478 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Cincinnati / Covington to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in CVG local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How AA4478 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA4478 across the CVG and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~10 min late. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 5/5 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 AA4478 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
08-22CVG 13:59 14:51 (+52)ORD 14:39 14:53 (+14)
08-21CVG 13:59 14:43 (+44)ORD 14:39 14:49 (+10)
08-20CVG 13:59 14:14 (+15)ORD 14:39 14:33 (−6)
08-19CVG 13:59 14:13 (+14)ORD 14:39 14:31 (−8)
08-18CVG 13:59 14:33 (+34)ORD 14:39 14:52 (+13)
08-17CVG 13:59 14:25 (+26)ORD 14:39

Aircraft

Recent tails: N426YX, N439YX, N410YX, N103HQ.

Board clocks recorded as CVG and ORD published them.

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