UA490 ORD → SNA

United Airlines · Chicago, IL to Santa Ana, CA · 35 flights observed, 2025-10-27 to 2025-12-01 · 1,726 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 100% on-time on Mondays vs. 60% on Saturdays.

UA490 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for ORD → SNA, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
89%
Median delay
-9 min
90th percentile
+19 min
Cancellation rate
0%

How often is UA490 on time?

Across 35 flights on ORD → SNA from 2025-10-27 to 2025-12-01, UA490 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 89% of the time. The median arrival delay was -9 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +19 min or later. 0% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time3189%
16-30 min26%
31-60 min13%
61-120 min13%
2+ hrs00%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-105100%-14 min
2025-112986%-1 min
2025-121100%-33 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon6100%
Tue580%
Wed5100%
Thu4100%
Fri5100%
Sat560%
Sun580%

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