UA213 ORD → DSM

United Airlines · Chicago, IL to Des Moines, IA · 129 flights observed, 2025-10-26 to 2026-03-04 · 299 mi

This flight has been getting more reliable recently — 2026-02's on-time rate (93%) is well above the 61% average from earlier months.

UA213 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for ORD → DSM, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
70%
Median delay
+3 min
90th percentile
+70 min
Cancellation rate
2%

How often is UA213 on time?

Across 129 flights on ORD → DSM from 2025-10-26 to 2026-03-04, UA213 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 70% of the time. The median arrival delay was +3 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +70 min or later. 2% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time8970%
16-30 min1411%
31-60 min97%
61-120 min86%
2+ hrs76%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-10650%+28 min
2025-112868%+18 min
2025-123158%+28 min
2026-013168%+24 min
2026-022793%-4 min
2026-03475%+5 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon1958%
Tue1979%
Wed1979%
Thu1669%
Fri1883%
Sat1771%
Sun1953%

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