UA2097 SFO → ORD

United Airlines · San Francisco, CA to Chicago, IL · 165 flights observed, 2025-07-01 to 2026-01-05 · 1,846 mi

This flight has been getting less reliable recently — 2026-01's on-time rate (40%) is well below the 86% average from earlier months.

UA2097 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
82%
Median delay
-12 min
90th percentile
+41 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How often is UA2097 on time?

Across 165 flights on SFO → ORD from 2025-07-01 to 2026-01-05, UA2097 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 82% of the time. The median arrival delay was -12 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +41 min or later. 1% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time13582%
16-30 min64%
31-60 min106%
61-120 min106%
2+ hrs32%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073090%-2 min
2025-083171%+16 min
2025-097100%-8 min
2025-103187%-10 min
2025-112986%-2 min
2025-123181%+15 min
2026-01540%+24 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon2475%
Tue2396%
Wed2378%
Thu2471%
Fri2383%
Sat2387%
Sun2488%

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