DEN → ORD United Airlines

United Airlines · Denver, CO to Chicago, IL · 3,756 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 42 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -1 min, while the worst 10% run +62 min or later.
On-time arrival
72%
Median delay
-1 min
90th percentile
+62 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on DEN → ORD (3,756 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 72% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -1 min; the worst 10% ran +62 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2,67672%
16-30 min36910%
31-60 min2878%
61-120 min1705%
2+ hrs2096%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0729956%+39 min
2025-0831665%+27 min
2025-0932679%+5 min
2025-1032875%+11 min
2025-1128972%+18 min
2025-1228874%+10 min
2026-0127874%+12 min
2026-0226477%+13 min
2026-0330169%+33 min
2026-0430275%+13 min
2026-0536880%+3 min
2026-0635268%+23 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon53572%
Tue53775%
Wed52173%
Thu53370%
Fri53472%
Sat50874%
Sun54369%

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