AA2881American Airlines · ORD → FLL
live · 40m ago
Route confirmed American Airlines

AA2881 ChicagoORD · 17:05 Fort LauderdaleFLL · 21:10

AA2881 by American Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) for the Tue, Oct 27 departure.

Right nowScheduled · gate K3 · as of 00:53
17:05

departs ORD · on schedule

Typical gate push+42 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+25 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~17 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+38+77+115 min
10-26
+46 gate · +25 arrival
10-25
+42 gate · +5 arrival
10-24
−1 gate · −34 arrival
10-23
+115 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 →
FLLFort LauderdaleOn-time likelyFLL delay board →
ORD→FLLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
45%Chance of 15+ min delay
4.4%Chance of cancellation
+16 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by FLL (Fort Lauderdale), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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 Fort Lauderdale flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA1461departs 08:00
AA2020departs 19:14

If AA2881 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Fort Lauderdale 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 AA2881 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA2881 across the ORD and FLL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~28 min late. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 2/4 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 AA2881 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
10-26ORD 16:56 17:42 (+46)FLL 21:10 21:35 (+25)
10-25ORD 16:56 17:38 (+42)FLL 21:10 21:15 (+5)
10-24ORD 16:56 16:55 (−1)FLL 21:10 20:36 (−34)
10-23ORD 16:56FLL 21:10 23:05 (+115)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N331TK, N889NN, N960NN, N948AN.

Board clocks recorded as ORD and FLL published them.

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