AA5598American Airlines · ORF → CLT
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA5598 NorfolkORF · 14:57 CharlotteCLT · 16:30

AA5598 by American Airlines flies from Norfolk (ORF) to Charlotte (CLT) for the Thu, Oct 29 departure.

Right nowExpected in Charlotte · today
16:30

arrival expected at CLT · on schedule

⚖ AA5598 typically leaves +16 and lands −18. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+16 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−18 minmedian over 11 operations
Wins back in air~34 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 12tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+57+114+171 min
10-29
+21 gate
10-28
+17 gate · −17 arrival
10-27
+6 gate · −32 arrival
10-26
+4 gate · −32 arrival
10-25
+7 gate · −28 arrival
10-24
+171 gate · +143 arrival
10-23
+15 gate · −18 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 −18 min · 0 cancelled · 12 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ORFNorfolkOn-time likelyORF delay board →
CLTCharlotteOn-time likelyCLT delay board →
ORF→CLTevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
36%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.6%Chance of cancellation
+8 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at ORF and CLT are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. These figures come from both airports' records 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Norfolk to Charlotte with American Airlines · Fri 30 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
12%1.2× usual

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 7 departures a day on this route with this airline. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

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

Other Norfolk to Charlotte flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA2717departs 05:00
AA5036departs 07:10
AA1133departs 09:11
AA1017departs 10:26
AA1323departs 13:37
AA1255departs 14:22

If AA5598 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Norfolk to Charlotte on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ORF local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How AA5598 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA5598 across the ORF and CLT boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~18 min early. Based on 11 confirmed landings · 9/11 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 AA5598 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
10-29ORF 14:57 15:18 (+21)CLT 16:30
10-28ORF 14:57 15:14 (+17)CLT 16:30 16:13 (−17)
10-27ORF 15:48 15:54 (+6)CLT 17:23 16:51 (−32)
10-26ORF 14:57 15:01 (+4)CLT 16:30 15:58 (−32)
10-25ORF 14:57 15:04 (+7)CLT 16:30 16:02 (−28)
10-24ORF 14:57 17:48 (+171)CLT 16:30 18:53 (+143)
10-23ORF 14:57 15:12 (+15)CLT 16:30 16:12 (−18)
10-22ORF 14:57 15:18 (+21)CLT 16:30 16:29 (−1)
10-21ORF 14:57 15:06 (+9)CLT 16:30 16:08 (−22)
10-20ORF 15:48 15:59 (+11)CLT 17:23 17:01 (−22)
10-19ORF 14:57 15:17 (+20)CLT 16:30 16:17 (−13)
10-18ORF 14:57 15:43 (+46)CLT 16:30 16:48 (+18)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N604NN, N606NN, N639NN, N602NN.

Board clocks recorded as ORF and CLT published them.

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