AA1121American Airlines · ORD → AUS
live · 43m ago
Route confirmed American Airlines

AA1121 ChicagoORD · 08:10 AustinAUS · 11:04

AA1121 by American Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to Austin (AUS) for the Thu, Oct 22 departure.

Right nowEn route to Austin · off blocks 08:08 · 2 min early
En route

en route from ORD to AUS

En routeAA1121 · position estimated
ORDChicagoAUSAustin
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 08:08 · typical taxi-out at ORD ≈ 7.6 min.

Typical gate push−2 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−3 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~1 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+92+183+275 min
10-22
−2 gate · −41 arrival
10-21
+275 gate · +240 arrival
10-20
−6 gate · −33 arrival
10-19
−3 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 →
AUSAustinOn-time likelyAUS delay board →
ORD→AUSevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
39%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.5%Chance of cancellation
+11 minAvg hub delay right now

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

Other Chicago to Austin flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA1180departs 13:28
AA438departs 19:36
AA935departs 21:41

If AA1121 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Austin 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 AA1121 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA1121 across the ORD and AUS boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 3/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA1121 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
10-22ORD 08:10 08:08 (−2)AUS 11:04 10:23 (−41)
10-21ORD 08:10 12:45 (+275)AUS 11:04 15:04 (+240)
10-20ORD 08:10 08:04 (−6)AUS 11:04 10:31 (−33)
10-19ORD AUS 11:04 11:01 (−3)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N845NN, N961AN, N938NN.

Board clocks recorded as ORD and AUS published them.

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