UA1557 SFO → ORD

United Airlines · San Francisco, CA to Chicago, IL · 111 flights observed, 2025-10-26 to 2026-03-04 · 1,846 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 87% on-time on Fridays vs. 50% on Wednesdays.

UA1557 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for SFO → ORD, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
68%
Median delay
+6 min
90th percentile
+59 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How often is UA1557 on time?

Across 111 flights on SFO → ORD from 2025-10-26 to 2026-03-04, UA1557 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 68% of the time. The median arrival delay was +6 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +59 min or later. 1% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time7568%
16-30 min109%
31-60 min1514%
61-120 min65%
2+ hrs44%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-10683%-5 min
2025-112972%+23 min
2025-121776%+11 min
2026-012665%+21 min
2026-022857%+20 min
2026-03475%+12 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon1663%
Tue1776%
Wed1650%
Thu1567%
Fri1587%
Sat1573%
Sun1663%

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