BOS → ORD United Airlines

United Airlines · Boston, MA to Chicago, IL · 2,678 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 40 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 92% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 50% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
76%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+58 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on BOS → ORD (2,678 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 76% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -4 min; the worst 10% ran +58 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,98376%
16-30 min2028%
31-60 min1787%
61-120 min1185%
2+ hrs1365%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0724367%+30 min
2025-0824176%+11 min
2025-0923968%+19 min
2025-1025069%+14 min
2025-1122474%+19 min
2025-1217779%+15 min
2026-0115872%+10 min
2026-0214086%-7 min
2026-0318875%+29 min
2026-0420584%+4 min
2026-0526884%+6 min
2026-0628480%+12 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon40574%
Tue34382%
Wed34378%
Thu41276%
Fri40976%
Sat29678%
Sun40969%

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