DL1687Delta Air Lines · ORD → ATL
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL1687 ChicagoORD · 08:04 AtlantaATL · 11:00

DL1687 by Delta Air Lines flies from Chicago (ORD) to Atlanta (ATL) for the Wed, Nov 11 departure.

Right nowEn route to Atlanta · off blocks 08:07 · 3 min late
En route

en route from ORD to ATL

En routeDL1687 · position estimated
ORDChicagoATLAtlanta
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 08:07 · typical taxi-out at ORD ≈ 8.4 min.

⚖ DL1687 typically leaves −1 and lands −7. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push−1 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−7 minmedian over 9 operations
Wins back in air~6 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-11
+3 gate · −12 arrival
11-10
−4 gate · −3 arrival
11-09
+3 gate · −1 arrival
11-08
−1 gate · −12 arrival
11-07
−7 gate · −7 arrival
11-06
−5 gate · −8 arrival
11-05
−2 gate · −17 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 −7 min · 0 cancelled · 9 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
ATLAtlantaOn-time likelyATL delay board →
ORD→ATLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
31%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.2%Chance of cancellation
+5 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at ORD and ATL 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 at Chicago

Forecast

Thu 12 Nov, local date

High9°Clikely 8°C to 10°C
Low4°Clikely 2°C to 5°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Atlanta

Forecast

Thu 12 Nov, local date

High18°Clikely 17°C to 20°C
Low11°Clikely 9°C to 13°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · 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 Chicago to Atlanta flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL1264departs 05:27
DL1247departs 06:30
DL2426departs 08:05
DL1178departs 09:51
DL1147departs 10:35
DL2894departs 13:23

If DL1687 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Chicago to Atlanta on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ORD 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 DL1687 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL1687 across the ORD and ATL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 8 confirmed landings · 6/8 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how DL1687 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
11-11ORD 08:04 08:07 (+3)ATL 11:00 10:48 (−12)
11-10ORD 08:04 08:00 (−4)ATL 11:00 10:57 (−3)
11-09ORD 08:04 08:07 (+3)ATL 11:00 10:59 (−1)
11-08ORD 08:05 08:04 (−1)ATL 11:02 10:50 (−12)
11-07ORD 08:05 07:58 (−7)ATL 11:02 10:55 (−7)
11-06ORD 08:05 08:00 (−5)ATL 11:02 10:54 (−8)
11-05ORD 08:05 08:03 (−2)ATL 11:02 10:45 (−17)
11-04ORD 08:05 08:16 (+11)ATL 11:02 11:49 (+47)
11-03ORD ATL 11:02 12:49 (+107)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N896DN, N929DZ, N831DN, N840DN.

Board clocks recorded as ORD and ATL published them.

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