AA4729American Airlines · ORD → PWM
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA4729 ChicagoORD · 13:59 PortlandPWM · 17:32

AA4729 by American Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to Portland (PWM) for the Tue, Sep 15 departure.

Right nowEn route to Portland · off blocks 13:59 · on schedule
En route

en route from ORD to PWM

En routeAA4729 · position estimated
ORDChicagoPWMPortland
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 13:59 · typical taxi-out at ORD ≈ 7.6 min.

Typical gate push+33 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+32 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~1 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+31+63+94 min
09-15
+0 gate · −10 arrival
09-08
+0 gate · −10 arrival
09-07
−1 gate · +7 arrival
09-06
+33 gate · +32 arrival
09-04
+55 gate · +41 arrival
09-03
+76 gate · +94 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 +32 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ORDChicagoModerate riskORD delay board →
PWMPortlandOn-time likelyPWM delay board →
ORD→PWMevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
41%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.6%Chance of cancellation

Conditions at ORD and PWM 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 Portland flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA4741departs 08:05
AA2717departs 09:29
AA4504departs 19:13

If AA4729 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Portland 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 AA4729 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA4729 across the ORD and PWM boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~32 min late. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 3/6 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA4729 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
09-15ORD 13:59 (+0)PWM 17:32 17:22 (−10)
09-08ORD 13:59 (+0)PWM 17:32 17:22 (−10)
09-07ORD 13:59 13:58 (−1)PWM 17:32 17:39 (+7)
09-06ORD 13:59 14:32 (+33)PWM 17:32 18:04 (+32)
09-04ORD 13:59 14:54 (+55)PWM 17:32 18:13 (+41)
09-03ORD 13:59 15:15 (+76)PWM 17:32 19:06 (+94)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N120HQ, N123HQ, N106HQ, N128HQ.

Board clocks recorded as ORD and PWM published them.

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