AA4397American Airlines · JFK → BOS
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA4397 New YorkJFK · 15:30 BostonBOS · 16:58

AA4397 by American Airlines flies from New York (JFK) to Boston (BOS) for the Sat, Oct 24 departure.

Right nowEn route to Boston · off blocks 15:23 · 7 min early
En route

en route from JFK to BOS

En routeAA4397 · position estimated
JFKNew YorkBOSBoston
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 15:23 · typical taxi-out at JFK ≈ 8.8 min.

Typical gate push+37 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−35 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~72 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-24
−7 gate · −36 arrival
10-23
+37 gate · −35 arrival
10-22
+51 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
JFKNew YorkOn-time likelyJFK delay board →
BOSBostonOn-time likelyBOS delay board →
JFK→BOSevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
43%Chance of 15+ min delay
4.6%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at JFK and BOS 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 New York to Boston flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA5765departs 07:19
AA4364departs 08:10
AA4659departs 22:00

If AA4397 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from New York to Boston on the same day, with scheduled departure times in JFK local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How AA4397 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA4397 across the JFK and BOS boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: landed +51 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA4397 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-24JFK 15:30 15:23 (−7)BOS 16:58 16:22 (−36)
10-23JFK 15:30 16:07 (+37)BOS 16:58 16:23 (−35)
10-22JFK BOS 16:58 17:49 (+51)

Board clocks recorded as JFK and BOS published them.

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