AA4900American Airlines · ORD → RIC
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA4900 ChicagoORD · 14:29 RichmondRIC · 17:43

AA4900 by American Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to Richmond (RIC) for the Sat, Sep 12 departure.

Right nowEn route to Richmond · off blocks 14:23 · 6 min early
En route

en route from ORD to RIC

En routeAA4900 · position estimated
ORDChicagoRICRichmond
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 14:23 · typical taxi-out at ORD ≈ 7.7 min.

Typical gate push−6 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−25 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~19 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+86+173+259 min
09-12
−6 gate · −25 arrival
09-08
−6 gate · −11 arrival
09-07
−10 gate · −25 arrival
09-06
−2 gate · −10 arrival
09-05
−6 gate · −25 arrival
09-04
+259 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 −25 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
RICRichmondOn-time likelyRIC delay board →
ORD→RICevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
42%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.9%Chance of cancellation
+13 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at ORD and RIC 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 Richmond flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA4037departs 08:15
AA2737departs 08:44
AA3380departs 16:29
AA6249departs 16:37
AA1288departs 19:10
AA3811departs 20:46

If AA4900 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Richmond 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 AA4900 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA4900 across the ORD and RIC boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~25 min early. 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 AA4900 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
09-12ORD 14:29 14:23 (−6)RIC 17:43 17:18 (−25)
09-08ORD 14:30 14:24 (−6)RIC 17:44 17:33 (−11)
09-07ORD 14:30 14:20 (−10)RIC 17:44 17:19 (−25)
09-06ORD 14:30 14:28 (−2)RIC 17:44 17:34 (−10)
09-05ORD 14:29 14:23 (−6)RIC 17:43 17:18 (−25)
09-04ORD 15:30 19:49 (+259)RIC

Aircraft

Recent tails: N710SK, N748EV, N763SK, N760SK.

Board clocks recorded as ORD and RIC published them.

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