UA516 ORD → SNA

United Airlines · Chicago, IL to Santa Ana, CA · 58 flights observed, 2025-08-19 to 2025-10-24 · 1,726 mi

This flight has been getting less reliable recently — 2025-10's on-time rate (62%) is well below the 92% average from earlier months.

UA516 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
79%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+22 min
Cancellation rate
0%

How often is UA516 on time?

Across 58 flights on ORD → SNA from 2025-08-19 to 2025-10-24, UA516 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 79% of the time. The median arrival delay was -4 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +22 min or later. 0% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time4579%
16-30 min1018%
31-60 min24%
61-120 min00%
2+ hrs00%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0811100%-19 min
2025-092584%-3 min
2025-102162%+7 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon967%
Tue1090%
Wed1080%
Thu989%
Fri1070%
SatNo data—
Sun978%

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