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AA978 American Airlines - Flight Status

Codeshare Flights
The flight BA5229 from British Airways (BA) is a codeshare flight operated by American Airlines (AA) under the flight number AA978. Check this page for details about flight AA978.

Below, you can find details about American Airlines flight AA978, which currently operates between the airports of Chicago - Chicago O'Hare International Airport (Airport Code ORD) and Los Angeles - Los Angeles International Airport (Airport Code LAX).
This flight data pertains specifically to the flight's details for Tuesday, December 23, 2025.

AA978 On Time performance:
33
We have calculated the percentage of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of their scheduled time, or earlier, based on real flight data from the last 3 months. More about punctuality and delays

Flight Status

AA978 American Airlines from Chicago

Landed - On-time
Flight Status for Tuesday December 23, 2025

Airline information

American Airlines
American Airlines
Equipment: Boeing 737-800 (winglets) Passenger/BBJ2

Departure

Chicago (ORD)
December 23, 2025
Chicago O'Hare International Airport
Departed at:
03:17 pm
Terminal:
3
Gate:
H14
Scheduled Departure Time: 03:13 pm

Arrival

Los Angeles (LAX)
December 23, 2025
Los Angeles International Airport
Arrived at:
05:41 pm
Terminal:
4
Gate:
42A
Scheduled Arrival Time: 05:43 pm
Baggage: T4C1
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Codeshare Flights

This flight is shared with other airlines, this means that these other flights are the same:

- BA5229 - British Airways

- EI7108 - Aer Lingus

- FJ5008 - Fiji Airways

- MH9430 - Malaysia Airlines

- QF3028 - Qantas

- TN1362 - Air Tahiti Nui

Additional Information

Which is the frequency of flight AA978?
The flight AA978 is scheduled to flight on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday on a weekly basis.

Which is the distance of flight AA978?
The distance between the two airports is 1742 miles.

Which is the flight time of flight AA978?
The scheduled flight time gate to gate is: 04:30 hours.
The real flight time gate to gate on average is: 04:11 hours.

Are the departure airport and arrival airport at the same Time Zone?
No, each airport is in a different timezone. The times shown above, are presented in the local time of each respective airport.
Current Time in Chicago: 2025-12-24 07:54:33
Current Time in Los Angeles: 2025-12-24 05:54:33

Alternative Flights

The following airlines serves the same route between Chicago and Los Angeles:

American Airlines
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- Flight Number: AA1937. (On Time performance: 87 - Average Delay: 4 minutes)
- Flight Number: AA1979. (On Time performance: 70 - Average Delay: 20 minutes)
- Flight Number: AA2026.
- Flight Number: AA2124. (On Time performance: 84 - Average Delay: 10 minutes)
- Flight Number: AA2716. (On Time performance: 80 - Average Delay: 20 minutes)
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- Flight Number: AA2917. (On Time performance: 83 - Average Delay: 14 minutes)
- Flight Number: AA2970. (On Time performance: 90 - Average Delay: 9 minutes)
- Flight Number: AA2998. (On Time performance: 52 - Average Delay: 35 minutes)
- Flight Number: AA3141.
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- Flight Number: AA885. (On Time performance: 87 - Average Delay: 7 minutes)
- Flight Number: AA888. (On Time performance: 75 - Average Delay: 19 minutes)
- Flight Number: AA891. (On Time performance: 85 - Average Delay: 11 minutes)
- Flight Number: AA897. (On Time performance: 58 - Average Delay: 25 minutes)

Frontier Airlines
- Flight Number: F92445. (On Time performance: 75 - Average Delay: 14 minutes)

Sky Lease Cargo
- Flight Number: GG7522. (On Time performance: 17 - Average Delay: 65 minutes)

Spirit Airlines
- Flight Number: NK1331. (On Time performance: 70 - Average Delay: 17 minutes)
- Flight Number: NK3353. (On Time performance: 82 - Average Delay: 7 minutes)

United Airlines
- Flight Number: UA1044. (On Time performance: 76 - Average Delay: 14 minutes)
- Flight Number: UA1363. (On Time performance: 87 - Average Delay: 37 minutes)
- Flight Number: UA1525.
- Flight Number: UA1621.
- Flight Number: UA1967. (On Time performance: 68 - Average Delay: 26 minutes)
- Flight Number: UA2124. (On Time performance: 78 - Average Delay: 20 minutes)
- Flight Number: UA2227. (On Time performance: 73 - Average Delay: 31 minutes)
- Flight Number: UA2361. (On Time performance: 89 - Average Delay: 5 minutes)
- Flight Number: UA2378. (On Time performance: 58 - Average Delay: 25 minutes)
- Flight Number: UA2396. (On Time performance: 86 - Average Delay: 10 minutes)
- Flight Number: UA2488.
- Flight Number: UA2607. (On Time performance: 72 - Average Delay: 24 minutes)
- Flight Number: UA2629.
- Flight Number: UA2684. (On Time performance: 77 - Average Delay: 18 minutes)
- Flight Number: UA576. (On Time performance: 89 - Average Delay: 13 minutes)
- Flight Number: UA661. (On Time performance: 67 - Average Delay: 18 minutes)

Punctuality and delays

We have gathered data from recent months and present below an analysis of how timely the flights have been.

In terms of On-Time Performance, by analyzing the flight data from the last three months, spanning from November 22, 2025 to December 20, 2025, we have obtained these figures.
Total number of flights: 6
On Time: 2 ( 33 % )
Moderate Delay: 0 ( 0 % )
Significant Delay: 2 ( 33 % )
Major Delay: 2 ( 33 % )
Canceled: 0 ( 0 % )
Diverted: 0 ( 0 % )

Average Delay: 80 minutes.
Delays analyzed by Week: It is not possible to calculate the On-Time Performance for this flight accurately by weekday due to insufficient or non-representative data, as doing so could lead to misleading conclusions
Delays analyzed by Month: It is not possible to calculate the On-Time Performance for this flight accurately by month due to insufficient or non-representative data, as doing so could lead to misleading conclusions

Last Past Flights AA978

Date
Departure
Arrival
Duration
Aircraft
Status
Tuesday
23 December
03:17 pm
Chicago (ORD)
05:41 pm
Los Angeles (LAX)
04h 24min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - On-time
Monday
22 December
03:10 pm
Chicago (ORD)
05:25 pm
Los Angeles (LAX)
04h 15min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - On-time
Sunday
21 December
04:45 pm
Chicago (ORD)
07:01 pm
Los Angeles (LAX)
04h 16min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - Delayed
Saturday
20 December
03:57 pm
Chicago (ORD)
06:34 pm
Los Angeles (LAX)
04h 37min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - Delayed
Friday
19 December
07:10 pm
Chicago (ORD)
10:31 pm
Los Angeles (LAX)
05h 21min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - Delayed
Thursday
18 December
04:15 pm
Chicago (ORD)
06:26 pm
Los Angeles (LAX)
04h 11min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - Delayed
Sunday
30 November
08:29 am
Indianapolis (IND)
10:20 am
Los Angeles (LAX)
03h 51min
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 737-800
Landed - Delayed