ATL → ORD United Airlines

United Airlines · Atlanta, GA to Chicago, IL · 1,627 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 29 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -2 min, while the worst 10% run +63 min or later.
On-time arrival
75%
Median delay
-2 min
90th percentile
+63 min
Cancellation rate
2%

How on-time is United Airlines from ATL to ORD?

Across every United Airlines flight number on ATL → ORD (1,627 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 75% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -2 min; the worst 10% ran +63 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,19975%
16-30 min1318%
31-60 min1006%
61-120 min694%
2+ hrs936%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0711964%+32 min
2025-0813180%+5 min
2025-0914688%-1 min
2025-1015083%+4 min
2025-1112970%+31 min
2025-1210770%+26 min
2026-0111472%+13 min
2026-0210880%+9 min
2026-0311567%+36 min
2026-0413779%+28 min
2026-0516780%+8 min
2026-0616967%+29 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon23569%
Tue23980%
Wed23778%
Thu23076%
Fri23573%
Sat18779%
Sun22973%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…