AA865American Airlines · PHL → ORD
updated 12m ago
Route confirmed American Airlines

AA865 PhiladelphiaPHL · 10:30 ChicagoORD · 12:18

AA865 by American Airlines flies from Philadelphia (PHL) to Chicago (ORD) for the Sat, Oct 31 departure.

Right nowLanded in Chicago · today
11:31

arrived at ORD · 47 min early

Typical gate push−6 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−27 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~21 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-31
−8 gate · −47 arrival
10-30
−8 gate · −27 arrival
10-29
−8 gate · −39 arrival
10-28
−4 gate · −28 arrival
10-27
+1 gate · −27 arrival
10-26
+42 gate · +15 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 −27 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
PHLPhiladelphiaOn-time likelyPHL delay board →
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
PHL→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.0%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at PHL and ORD are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. 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 on this route

Forecast

Philadelphia to Chicago with American Airlines · Sun 1 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
8.6%0.7× usual

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

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 7 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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Philadelphia to Chicago flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA490departs 01:02
AA2386departs 09:43
AA3074departs 11:25
AA1047departs 13:21
AA2307departs 15:35
AA1854departs 16:41

If AA865 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Philadelphia to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in PHL 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 AA865 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA865 across the PHL and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~27 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 AA865 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
10-31PHL 10:30 10:22 (−8)ORD 12:18 11:31 (−47)
10-30PHL 10:30 10:22 (−8)ORD 12:18 11:51 (−27)
10-29PHL 10:30 10:22 (−8)ORD 12:18 11:39 (−39)
10-28PHL 14:30 14:26 (−4)ORD 12:18 11:50 (−28)
10-27PHL 10:39 10:40 (+1)ORD 12:18 11:51 (−27)
10-26PHL 14:30 15:12 (+42)ORD 12:18 12:33 (+15)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N942NN, N342PM, N982AN, N991AN.

Board clocks recorded as PHL and ORD published them.

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