JL56Japan Airlines · NRT → ORD
live · 3m ago
Route confirmed Japan Airlines

JL56 TokyoNRT · 10:45 ChicagoORD · 08:30

JL56 by Japan Airlines flies from Tokyo (NRT) to Chicago (ORD) for the Sat, Oct 31 departure.

Right nowDescending into Chicago · off blocks 11:13 · 28 min late
08:30

estimated arrival at ORD · local time · ~31 min from now

LivePosition · updated 3m ago
NRT12 mi · ~31 min leftORD
3,200 ftAltitudedescending
217 mphSpeed189 kt
90°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 5h 58m

Typical gate push+27 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−19 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~46 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
10-31
+28 gate
10-30
+30 gate · −24 arrival
10-29
+16 gate · −49 arrival
10-28
+27 gate · −15 arrival
10-27
+11 gate · −25 arrival
10-26
+22 gate · −19 arrival
10-25
+31 gate · +4 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 −19 min · 0 cancelled · 8 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
NRTTokyoOn-time likelyNRT delay board →
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
NRT→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
35%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.4%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at NRT and ORD 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 on this route

Forecast

Tokyo to Chicago with Japan Airlines · Sun 1 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.2%1.0× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
2.3%0.6× usual

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 1 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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

How JL56 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for JL56 across the NRT and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~19 min early. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 7/7 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 JL56 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
10-31NRT 10:45 11:13 (+28)ORD 08:30
10-30NRT 10:45 11:15 (+30)ORD 08:30 08:06 (−24)
10-29NRT 10:45 11:01 (+16)ORD 08:30 07:41 (−49)
10-28NRT 10:45 11:12 (+27)ORD 08:30 08:15 (−15)
10-27NRT 10:45 10:56 (+11)ORD 08:30 08:05 (−25)
10-26NRT 10:45 11:07 (+22)ORD 08:30 08:11 (−19)
10-25NRT 10:45 11:16 (+31)ORD 08:30 08:34 (+4)
10-24NRT 09:45 10:12 (+27)ORD 07:20 07:17 (−3)

Aircraft

Recent tails: JA841J, JA845J, JA840J, JA843J.

Board clocks recorded as NRT and ORD published them.

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