UA1082 SMF → ORD

United Airlines · Sacramento, CA to Chicago, IL · 86 flights observed, 2025-07-01 to 2025-12-01 · 1,781 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 100% on-time on Thursdays vs. 62% on Sundays.

UA1082 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for SMF → ORD, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
86%
Median delay
-3 min
90th percentile
+19 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How often is UA1082 on time?

Across 86 flights on SMF → ORD from 2025-07-01 to 2025-12-01, UA1082 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 86% of the time. The median arrival delay was -3 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +19 min or later. 1% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time7186%
16-30 min67%
31-60 min34%
61-120 min11%
2+ hrs22%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073087%+1 min
2025-081883%+10 min
2025-106100%-6 min
2025-112882%+4 min
2025-121100%-5 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon1392%
Tue1283%
Wed1283%
Thu12100%
Fri1191%
Sat1090%
Sun1362%

Based on US Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading live conditions and full charts…