Flight profile · American Airlines
AA489
Washington (DCA) to Chicago (ORD) · scheduled 11:59 AM – 1:17 PM
How AA489 performs
556 operations, 2023-07-02 to 2026-06-30.
AA489 arrived on time 85.3% of the time, against 79.2% for all DCA → ORD flights — this specific departure is 6.1 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 6.6 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 556 operations between 2023-07-02 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA489 | 85.3% | 1.80% | -13 min | 5.7% | 556 |
| American Airlines on DCA → ORD | 78.7% | 2.42% | -11 min | 9.5% | 7,467 |
| All DCA → ORD flights | 79.2% | 2.35% | -8 min | 8.8% | 19,524 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-02 to 2026-06-30
Other routes AA489 has flown
A flight number is a slot in a schedule, and carriers reassign it. These are the other city pairs this number served in the analysis period.
| Route | Operated | Flights | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORD→DCA Chicago to Washington | 2024-04-04 – 2026-05-20 | 255 | 62.9% |
| TPA→DFW Tampa to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2025-12-18 – 2026-01-05 | 19 | — |
| DFW→TPA Dallas–Fort Worth to Tampa | 2025-12-18 – 2026-01-05 | 18 | — |
| ORD→PHL Chicago to Philadelphia | 2025-11-22 – 2025-11-29 | 2 | — |
| PHL→ORD Philadelphia to Chicago | 2025-11-22 – 2025-11-29 | 2 | — |
| PHL→MIA Philadelphia to Miami | 2025-11-21 – 2025-11-23 | 2 | — |
| MIA→PHL Miami to Philadelphia | 2025-11-21 – 2025-11-23 | 2 | — |
| AUS→MIA Austin to Miami | 2024-10-06 – 2024-10-06 | 1 | — |
| SAN→ORD San Diego to Chicago | 2024-05-06 – 2024-09-03 | 121 | 84.6% |
| PHX→DCA Phoenix to Washington | 2024-01-01 – 2024-01-01 | 1 | — |
| DFW→LBB Dallas–Fort Worth to Lubbock | 2023-10-05 – 2023-11-04 | 31 | — |
| LBB→DFW Lubbock to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2023-10-05 – 2023-11-04 | 29 | — |
| ORD→FCA Chicago to Kalispell | 2023-08-19 – 2023-09-02 | 3 | — |
| RAP→DFW Rapid City to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2023-07-01 – 2023-08-12 | 7 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA489 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 556 records of AA489 operating DCA → ORD, published by the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule. Cancelled and diverted flights are excluded from the on-time rate and reported separately. Flight numbers are resolved as carrier plus number plus route, because the same number serves different routes over time.