AA522American Airlines · DCA → ORD
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA522 WashingtonDCA · 08:41 ChicagoORD · 10:07

AA522 by American Airlines flies from Washington (DCA) to Chicago (ORD) for the Sat, Oct 17 departure.

Right nowExpected · today · as of 08:08
08:41

departs DCA · on schedule

⚖ AA522 typically leaves +33 and lands +5. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+33 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+5 minmedian over 8 operations
Wins back in air~28 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+93+187+280 min
10-16
+18 gate · −23 arrival
10-15
+280 gate · +255 arrival
10-14
+34 gate · +3 arrival
10-13
+67 gate · +28 arrival
10-12
+20 gate · −24 arrival
10-11
+66 gate · +14 arrival
10-10
+24 gate · +5 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 +5 min · 0 cancelled · 9 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DCAWashingtonOn-time likelyDCA delay board →
ORDChicagoModerate riskORD delay board →
DCA→ORDevery 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
3.6%Chance of cancellation
+12 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at DCA 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
061422
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T
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T
F
S
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Washington to Chicago flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA2304departs 06:00
AA2633departs 07:45
AA5071departs 10:01
AA1200departs 10:13
AA2023departs 11:30
AA808departs 13:06

If AA522 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Washington to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DCA local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How AA522 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA522 across the DCA and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 8 confirmed landings · 6/8 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA522 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
10-16DCA 08:41 08:59 (+18)ORD 10:07 09:44 (−23)
10-15DCA 08:41 13:21 (+280)ORD 10:07 14:22 (+255)
10-14DCA 08:41 09:15 (+34)ORD 10:07 10:10 (+3)
10-13DCA 08:41 09:48 (+67)ORD 10:07 10:35 (+28)
10-12DCA 08:41 09:01 (+20)ORD 10:07 09:43 (−24)
10-11DCA 08:41 09:47 (+66)ORD 10:07 10:21 (+14)
10-10DCA 08:41 09:05 (+24)ORD 10:07 10:12 (+5)
10-09DCA 08:41 08:54 (+13)ORD 10:07 09:54 (−13)
10-08DCA 08:41 09:14 (+33)ORD 10:07

Aircraft

Recent tails: N766US, N835AW, N709UW, N829AW.

Board clocks recorded as DCA and ORD published them.

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