UA1498 ORD → SFO

United Airlines · Chicago, IL to San Francisco, CA · 74 flights observed, 2025-10-26 to 2026-03-04 · 1,846 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 90% on-time on Tuesdays vs. 55% on Sundays.

UA1498 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for ORD → SFO, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
68%
Median delay
-2 min
90th percentile
+48 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How often is UA1498 on time?

Across 74 flights on ORD → SFO from 2025-10-26 to 2026-03-04, UA1498 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 68% of the time. The median arrival delay was -2 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +48 min or later. 1% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time5068%
16-30 min811%
31-60 min1014%
61-120 min23%
2+ hrs34%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-10683%+1 min
2025-112966%+25 min
2025-121776%+8 min
2026-021759%+10 min
2026-03475%+5 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon1173%
Tue1090%
Wed1164%
Thu1060%
Fri1070%
Sat1070%
Sun1155%

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