AA4479American Airlines · PIT → ORD
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA4479 PittsburghPIT · 13:02 ChicagoORD · 13:59

AA4479 by American Airlines flies from Pittsburgh (PIT) to Chicago (ORD) for the Wed, Oct 28 departure.

Right nowLanded in Chicago · today
13:25

arrived at ORD · 34 min early

Typical gate push+7 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−17 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~24 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+42+84+126 min
10-28
+126 gate · −34 arrival
10-27
+7 gate · −17 arrival
10-26
+10 gate · −13 arrival
10-25
+6 gate · −40 arrival
10-24
+7 gate · −31 arrival
10-23
−10 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 −17 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
PITPittsburghOn-time likelyPIT delay board →
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
PIT→ORDevery 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
1.6%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at PIT and ORD 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Pittsburgh to Chicago with American Airlines · Thu 29 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
10%0.9× usual

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 5 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
061422
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T
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Pittsburgh to Chicago flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA3300departs 05:45
AA2097departs 06:05
AA640departs 06:34
AA4539departs 08:00
AA4525departs 10:04
AA6473departs 11:35

If AA4479 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Pittsburgh to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in PIT local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How AA4479 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA4479 across the PIT and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~17 min early. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 6/6 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 AA4479 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
10-28PIT 13:02 15:08 (+126)ORD 13:59 13:25 (−34)
10-27PIT 13:02 13:09 (+7)ORD 13:59 13:42 (−17)
10-26PIT 13:02 13:12 (+10)ORD 13:59 13:46 (−13)
10-25PIT 13:02 13:08 (+6)ORD 13:59 13:19 (−40)
10-24PIT 13:03 13:10 (+7)ORD 14:00 13:29 (−31)
10-23PIT ORD 13:59 13:49 (−10)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N434YX, N137HQ, N401YX.

Board clocks recorded as PIT and ORD published them.

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