AA90American Airlines · ORD → LHR
live · 6m ago
Route confirmed American Airlines

AA90 ChicagoORD · 21:25 LondonLHR · 10:25

AA90 by American Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to London (LHR) for the Wed, Oct 28 departure.

Right nowIn the air to London · off blocks 21:23 · 2 min early
09:29

estimated arrival at LHR · local time · ~5h 19m from now

LivePosition · updated 6m ago
ORD3,191 mi · ~5h 19m leftLHR
37,000 ftAltitudecruising
604 mphSpeed525 kt
72°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 1h 28m

Typical gate push−2 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−33 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~31 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-28
−2 gate · −40 arrival
10-27
+4 gate · −33 arrival
10-26
−2 gate · −51 arrival
10-25
−15 gate · +21 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 →
LHRLondonHigh riskLHR delay board →
ORD→LHRevery 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
2.9%Chance of cancellation
+10 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at ORD and LHR 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 London with American Airlines · Thu 29 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
1.3%0.9× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
10.0%1.1× usual

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 3 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 London flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA86departs 18:00
AA54departs 20:50
AA98departs 22:30

If AA90 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to London 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 AA90 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA90 across the ORD and LHR boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~33 min early. Based on 3 confirmed landings · 2/3 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 AA90 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
10-28ORD 21:25 21:23 (−2)LHR 10:25 09:45 (−40)
10-27ORD 21:25 21:29 (+4)LHR 10:25 09:52 (−33)
10-26ORD 21:25 21:23 (−2)LHR 10:25 09:34 (−51)
10-25ORD 21:25 21:10 (−15)LHR 10:25 10:46 (+21)

Board clocks recorded as ORD and LHR published them.

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