AA523American Airlines · ORD → DCA
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA523 ChicagoORD · 08:50 WashingtonDCA · 11:54

AA523 by American Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to Washington (DCA) for the Mon, Sep 14 departure.

Right nowLanded in Washington · position data
12:15

arrived at DCA · 22 min late

Typical gate push−1 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−17 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~16 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+41+82+123 min
09-14
−5 gate · −37 arrival
09-13
+52 gate · +26 arrival
09-12
+70 gate · +123 arrival
09-11
−1 gate · −20 arrival
09-10
CANCELLED
09-09
−3 gate · −25 arrival
09-08
−4 gate · −17 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 −17 min · 1 cancelled · 8 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
DCAWashingtonOn-time likelyDCA delay board →
ORD→DCAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
46%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.8%Chance of cancellation
+12 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at ORD and DCA 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
W
T
F
S
S

Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Chicago to Washington flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA495departs 06:55
AA2345departs 07:47
AA315departs 09:53
AA3103departs 09:56
AA1200departs 10:35
AA1187departs 10:53

If AA523 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Washington 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 AA523 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA523 across the ORD and DCA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~29 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 AA523 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
09-14ORD 08:50 08:45 (−5)DCA 11:54 11:17 (−37)
09-13ORD 08:50 09:42 (+52)DCA 11:54 12:20 (+26)
09-12ORD 08:50 10:00 (+70)DCA 11:54 13:57 (+123)
09-11ORD 08:50 08:49 (−1)DCA 11:54 11:34 (−20)
09-10CANCELLED
09-09ORD 08:50 08:47 (−3)DCA 11:54 11:29 (−25)
09-08ORD 07:03 06:59 (−4)DCA 10:00 09:43 (−17)
09-07ORD 07:03 08:27 (+84)DCA 10:00 11:08 (+68)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N724UW, N703UW, N716UW, N701UW.

Board clocks recorded as ORD and DCA published them.

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