CLE → ORD United Airlines

United Airlines · Cleveland, OH to Chicago, IL · 2,731 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 76 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 97% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 61% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
78%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+45 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on CLE → ORD (2,731 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 78% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -4 min; the worst 10% ran +45 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2,06978%
16-30 min2268%
31-60 min1616%
61-120 min994%
2+ hrs1064%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0722675%+18 min
2025-0822581%+5 min
2025-0923184%+1 min
2025-1023780%+3 min
2025-1120176%+10 min
2025-1220573%+13 min
2026-0119274%+9 min
2026-0217684%-2 min
2026-0323171%+19 min
2026-0425278%+22 min
2026-0526280%+15 min
2026-0622377%+16 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon39977%
Tue38380%
Wed37677%
Thu39378%
Fri39180%
Sat31782%
Sun40271%

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