AA4738American Airlines · LGA → BUF
updated 4h ago
Route confirmed American Airlines

AA4738 New YorkLGA · 09:09 BuffaloBUF · 11:04

AA4738 by American Airlines flies from New York (LGA) to Buffalo (BUF) for the Sun, Nov 8 departure.

Right nowOn Time · gate 26 · as of 00:48
09:09

departs LGA · on schedule

⚖ AA4738 typically leaves −9 and lands −17. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push−9 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−17 minmedian over 13 operations
Wins back in air~8 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 13tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-07
−9 gate · −25 arrival
11-06
−4 gate · +34 arrival
11-05
−7 gate · −12 arrival
11-04
−7 gate · −29 arrival
11-03
−11 gate · −25 arrival
11-02
−6 gate · −31 arrival
11-01
−9 gate · −17 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 · 13 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
LGANew YorkOn-time likelyLGA delay board →
BUFBuffaloOn-time likelyBUF delay board →
LGA→BUFevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
36%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.1%Chance of cancellation
+11 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by BUF (Buffalo), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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 at New York

Forecast

Mon 9 Nov, local date

High15°Clikely 13°C to 18°C
Low11°Clikely 8°C to 13°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Buffalo

Forecast

Mon 9 Nov, local date

High10°Clikely 8°C to 13°C
Low6°Clikely 3°C to 9°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · 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.

Other New York to Buffalo flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA4496departs 15:42
AA4391departs 18:59
AA4521departs 20:59
AA4736departs 21:06

If AA4738 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from New York to Buffalo on the same day, with scheduled departure times in LGA local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How AA4738 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA4738 across the LGA and BUF boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~6 min early. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 12/13 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA4738 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
11-07LGA 09:34 09:25 (−9)BUF 11:04 10:39 (−25)
11-06LGA 09:08 09:04 (−4)BUF 10:38 11:12 (+34)
11-05LGA 09:08 09:01 (−7)BUF 10:38 10:26 (−12)
11-04LGA 09:08 09:01 (−7)BUF 10:38 10:09 (−29)
11-03LGA 09:05 08:54 (−11)BUF 10:35 10:10 (−25)
11-02LGA 09:08 09:02 (−6)BUF 10:38 10:07 (−31)
11-01LGA 10:30 10:21 (−9)BUF 11:57 11:40 (−17)
10-31LGA 09:45 09:36 (−9)BUF 11:17 11:18 (+1)
10-30LGA 09:14 09:04 (−10)BUF 10:43 10:13 (−30)
10-29LGA 09:06 08:56 (−10)BUF 10:38 10:24 (−14)
10-28LGA 09:06 08:57 (−9)BUF 10:38 10:22 (−16)
10-27LGA 09:06 08:58 (−8)BUF 10:38 10:30 (−8)
10-26LGA 09:06 08:58 (−8)BUF 10:38 10:20 (−18)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N979RP, N862RW, N864RW, N865RW.

Board clocks recorded as LGA and BUF published them.

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