DFW → ORD United Airlines

United Airlines · Dallas/Fort Worth, TX to Chicago, IL · 2,030 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 25 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -3 min, while the worst 10% run +90 min or later.
On-time arrival
73%
Median delay
-3 min
90th percentile
+90 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on DFW → ORD (2,030 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 73% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -3 min; the worst 10% ran +90 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,44173%
16-30 min1709%
31-60 min1216%
61-120 min1065%
2+ hrs1467%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0717870%+21 min
2025-0817573%+15 min
2025-0917576%+16 min
2025-1017978%+10 min
2025-1115371%+25 min
2025-1214274%+14 min
2026-0113169%+26 min
2026-0213084%+3 min
2026-0314769%+31 min
2026-0416572%+24 min
2026-0520873%+19 min
2026-0620166%+27 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon29971%
Tue29981%
Wed29475%
Thu28874%
Fri29569%
Sat22173%
Sun28865%

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