AS587Alaska Airlines · ORD → SEA
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Route confirmed Alaska Airlines

AS587 ChicagoORD · 06:00 SeattleSEA · 08:30

AS587 by Alaska Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to Seattle (SEA) for the Thu, Aug 20 departure.

Right nowEn route to Seattle · off blocks 05:54 · 6 min early
En route

en route from ORD to SEA

En routeAS587 · position estimated
ORDChicagoSEASeattle
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 05:54 · typical taxi-out at ORD ≈ 8 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push−6 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−14 minmedian over 2 operations
Wins back in air~8 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
08-20
−6 gate
08-19
−6 gate · −14 arrival
08-18
−9 gate
08-17
−3 gate
08-16
CANCELLED
08-15
−5 gate · −31 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 −14 min · 1 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
SEASeattleOn-time likelySEA delay board →
ORD→SEAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
42%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.5%Chance of cancellation
+16 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at ORD and SEA 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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Chicago to Seattle flights today

same route · Alaska Airlines
AS715departs 06:00
AS579departs 13:01
AS9232departs 14:00
AS407departs 15:43
AS337departs 17:42
AS583departs 18:42

If AS587 is cancelled, these are the other Alaska Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Seattle 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 AS587 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AS587 across the ORD and SEA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~11 min early. Based on 2 confirmed landings · 2/2 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AS587 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
08-20ORD 06:00 05:54 (−6)SEA 08:30
08-19ORD 06:00 05:54 (−6)SEA 08:30 08:16 (−14)
08-18ORD 08:02 07:53 (−9)SEA 10:37
08-17ORD 08:02 07:59 (−3)SEA 10:37
08-16CANCELLED
08-15ORD 08:02 07:57 (−5)SEA 10:37 10:06 (−31)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N461AS, N946AK.

Board clocks recorded as ORD and SEA published them.

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