AA6260American Airlines · ORD → BHM
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA6260 ChicagoORD · 22:05 BirminghamBHM · 00:13

AA6260 by American Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to Birmingham (BHM) for the Wed, Oct 28 departure.

Right nowLanded in Birmingham · today
23:48

arrived at BHM · 25 min early

Typical gate push+6 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−25 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~31 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+168+335+503 min
10-28
−25 arrival
10-27
−8 gate · −25 arrival
10-26
+6 gate · −6 arrival
10-25
+503 gate · +477 arrival
10-24
−35 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 −25 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
BHMBirminghamOn-time likelyBHM delay board →
ORD→BHMevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
44%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.9%Chance of cancellation
+12 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at ORD and BHM 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Chicago to Birmingham with American Airlines · Thu 29 Oct, local date

Outlook: below usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.6%0.4× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
11%0.8× usual

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 2 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
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Chicago to Birmingham flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA225departs 05:45
AA425departs 07:00

If AA6260 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Birmingham 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 AA6260 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA6260 across the ORD and BHM boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~16 min late. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 1/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA6260 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
10-28ORD 22:05BHM 00:13 23:48 (−25)
10-27ORD 22:05 21:57 (−8)BHM 00:13 23:48 (−25)
10-26ORD 22:05 22:11 (+6)BHM 00:13 00:07 (−6)
10-25ORD 22:05 06:28 (+503)BHM 00:13 08:10 (+477)
10-24ORD BHM 00:13 23:38 (−35)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N763SK, N633SK, N742SK.

Board clocks recorded as ORD and BHM published them.

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