UA1989 BOS → ORD

United Airlines · Boston, MA to Chicago, IL · 37 flights observed, 2025-08-19 to 2025-09-24 · 867 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 100% on-time on Tuesdays vs. 33% on Wednesdays.

UA1989 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for BOS → ORD, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
62%
Median delay
+9 min
90th percentile
+113 min
Cancellation rate
0%

How often is UA1989 on time?

Across 37 flights on BOS → ORD from 2025-08-19 to 2025-09-24, UA1989 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 62% of the time. The median arrival delay was +9 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +113 min or later. 0% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2362%
16-30 min25%
31-60 min616%
61-120 min38%
2+ hrs38%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-081362%+16 min
2025-092463%+35 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon580%
Tue6100%
Wed633%
Thu560%
Fri540%
Sat560%
Sun560%

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