UA1278 ORD → LGA

United Airlines · Chicago, IL to New York, NY · 31 flights observed, 2025-09-25 to 2025-10-25 · 733 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 80% on-time on Saturdays vs. 20% on Thursdays.

UA1278 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for ORD → LGA, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
55%
Median delay
+10 min
90th percentile
+93 min
Cancellation rate
0%

How often is UA1278 on time?

Across 31 flights on ORD → LGA from 2025-09-25 to 2025-10-25, UA1278 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 55% of the time. The median arrival delay was +10 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +93 min or later. 0% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1755%
16-30 min413%
31-60 min310%
61-120 min516%
2+ hrs26%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-09683%+12 min
2025-102548%+33 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon450%
Tue450%
Wed475%
Thu520%
Fri560%
Sat580%
Sun450%

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