CVG → ORD United Airlines

United Airlines · Cincinnati, OH to Chicago, IL · 2,349 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 96 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 100% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 47% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
73%
Median delay
-1 min
90th percentile
+59 min
Cancellation rate
3%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on CVG → ORD (2,349 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 73% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -1 min; the worst 10% ran +59 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,66073%
16-30 min24511%
31-60 min1406%
61-120 min1045%
2+ hrs1215%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0718870%+22 min
2025-0819582%+12 min
2025-0920985%+5 min
2025-1021071%+10 min
2025-1117672%+25 min
2025-1218462%+39 min
2026-0114469%+20 min
2026-0215575%+4 min
2026-0318763%+29 min
2026-0419274%+24 min
2026-0522478%+11 min
2026-0620673%+24 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon33573%
Tue32778%
Wed32475%
Thu33075%
Fri34171%
Sat28473%
Sun32968%

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