AA5001American Airlines · ICT → ORD
live · 7m ago
Route confirmed American Airlines

AA5001 WichitaICT · 17:54 ChicagoORD · 20:15

AA5001 by American Airlines flies from Wichita (ICT) to Chicago (ORD) for the Thu, Oct 15 departure.

Right nowEn route to Chicago · off blocks 19:21 · 87 min late
20:15

estimated arrival at ORD · local time · ~17 min from now

En routeAA5001 · position estimated
ICTWichitaORDChicago
Estimated from the boardsarr 20:15

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 19:21.

Typical gate push+27 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−24 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~51 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-15
+87 gate
10-14
+27 gate · −24 arrival
10-13
+4 gate · −2 arrival
10-12
+6 gate · −32 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
ICTWichitaModerate riskICT delay board →
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
ICT→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
48%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.8%Chance of cancellation
+12 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by ICT (Wichita), 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 Wichita to Chicago flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA4043departs 06:39
AA6283departs 13:59

If AA5001 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Wichita to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ICT local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How AA5001 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA5001 across the ICT and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~24 min early. Based on 3 confirmed landings · 3/3 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 AA5001 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
10-15ICT 17:54 19:21 (+87)ORD 20:15
10-14ICT 17:54 18:21 (+27)ORD 20:15 19:51 (−24)
10-13ICT 17:54 17:58 (+4)ORD 20:15 20:13 (−2)
10-12ICT 17:54 18:00 (+6)ORD 20:15 19:43 (−32)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N719SK, N774SK, N760EV.

Board clocks recorded as ICT and ORD published them.

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