AA4738American Airlines · BUF → LGA
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA4738 BuffaloBUF · 11:06 New YorkLGA · 12:31

AA4738 by American Airlines flies from Buffalo (BUF) to New York (LGA) for the Thu, Sep 10 departure.

Right nowEn route to New York · off blocks 14:10 · 184 min late
En route

en route from BUF to LGA

En routeAA4738 · position estimated
BUFBuffaloLGANew York
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 14:10.

Typical gate push+15 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+23 minmedian over 13 operations
Cancellation0 in 13tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+68+137+205 min
09-10
+184 gate · +156 arrival
09-08
+9 gate · −6 arrival
09-07
+7 gate · −13 arrival
09-06
+7 gate · −10 arrival
09-04
+48 gate · +25 arrival
09-03
+184 gate · +156 arrival
09-02
−29 gate · +205 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 +23 min · 0 cancelled · 13 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
BUFBuffaloOn-time likelyBUF delay board →
LGANew YorkOn-time likelyLGA delay board →
BUF→LGAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
43%Chance of 15+ min delay
6.7%Chance of cancellation
+11 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at BUF and LGA 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 Buffalo to New York flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA4614departs 06:00
AA4522departs 06:14
AA4363departs 11:05
AA2283departs 17:45
AA860departs 17:58

If AA4738 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Buffalo to New York on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BUF local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How AA4738 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA4738 across the BUF and LGA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~23 min late. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 6/13 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA4738 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
09-10BUF 11:06 14:10 (+184)LGA 12:31 15:07 (+156)
09-08BUF 11:06 11:15 (+9)LGA 12:31 12:25 (−6)
09-07BUF 11:06 11:13 (+7)LGA 12:31 12:18 (−13)
09-06BUF 11:26 11:33 (+7)LGA 12:51 12:41 (−10)
09-04BUF 11:06 11:54 (+48)LGA 12:31 12:56 (+25)
09-03BUF 11:06 14:10 (+184)LGA 12:31 15:07 (+156)
09-02BUF 11:13 10:44 (−29)LGA 12:38 16:03 (+205)
09-01BUF 11:06 11:53 (+47)LGA 12:31 13:01 (+30)
08-31BUF 11:06 11:21 (+15)LGA 12:31 12:22 (−9)
08-30BUF 11:26 11:40 (+14)LGA 12:51 (+0)
08-29BUF 09:35 09:45 (+10)LGA 11:00 10:55 (−5)
08-28BUF 11:06 11:41 (+35)LGA 12:31 12:54 (+23)
08-27BUF 11:06 12:34 (+88)LGA 12:31 13:29 (+58)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N411YX, N417YX, N124HQ, N428YX.

Board clocks recorded as BUF and LGA published them.

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