AA6255American Airlines · ORD → DTW
live · 43m ago
Route confirmed American Airlines

AA6255 ChicagoORD · 07:10 DetroitDTW · 09:44

AA6255 by American Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to Detroit (DTW) for the Fri, Sep 25 departure.

Right nowScheduled · gate L6B · as of 06:55
07:10

departs ORD · on schedule

Typical gate push−6 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+0 minmedian over 3 operations

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-24
−10 gate · +0 arrival
09-23
−6 gate · +0 arrival
09-22
−4 gate · +0 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
DTWDetroitModerate riskDTW delay board →
ORD→DTWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
34%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.3%Chance of cancellation
+13 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at ORD and DTW 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
M
T
W
T
F
S
S

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

Other Chicago to Detroit flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA3977departs 09:45
AA9908departs 10:45
AA3980departs 12:58
AA3947departs 17:00
AA4885departs 18:50
AA4012departs 20:59

If AA6255 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Detroit 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 AA6255 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA6255 across the ORD and DTW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: landed +0 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA6255 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
09-24ORD 07:10 07:00 (−10)DTW 09:40 (+0)
09-23ORD 07:10 07:04 (−6)DTW 09:32 (+0)
09-22ORD 07:10 07:06 (−4)DTW 09:34 (+0)

Board clocks recorded as ORD and DTW published them.

Cite this data

Journalists, bloggers, and researchers may cite this page with attribution and a link to Pro Flight Search.

Suggested citation

Pro Flight Search — AA6255 Chicago to Detroit on-time performance, measured from the ORD and DTW airport boards.

Canonical URL
https://proflightsearch.com/flight/AA6255
How we measure this →