Flight OddsDSM → ORD United Airlines
United Airlines · Des Moines, IA to Chicago, IL · 1,746 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 67 flight numbers
On-time arrival
74%
Median delay
0 min
90th percentile
+64 min
Cancellation rate
3%
How on-time is United Airlines from DSM to ORD?
Across every United Airlines flight number on DSM → ORD (1,746 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 74% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay 0 min; the worst 10% ran +64 min or later. 3% were cancelled.
Delay distribution
Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).
| Arrival | Flights | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Early / on-time | 1,241 | 74% |
| 16-30 min | 169 | 10% |
| 31-60 min | 98 | 6% |
| 61-120 min | 77 | 5% |
| 2+ hrs | 97 | 6% |
Performance by month
| Month | Flights | On-time | Avg delay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07 | 140 | 73% | +15 min |
| 2025-08 | 141 | 73% | +24 min |
| 2025-09 | 147 | 82% | +7 min |
| 2025-10 | 153 | 70% | +11 min |
| 2025-11 | 122 | 80% | +19 min |
| 2025-12 | 120 | 67% | +19 min |
| 2026-01 | 119 | 69% | +23 min |
| 2026-02 | 110 | 82% | +23 min |
| 2026-03 | 139 | 74% | +26 min |
| 2026-04 | 169 | 75% | +33 min |
| 2026-05 | 177 | 74% | +21 min |
| 2026-06 | 145 | 69% | +24 min |
Performance by day of week
| Day | Flights | On-time |
|---|---|---|
| Mon | 247 | 72% |
| Tue | 257 | 82% |
| Wed | 241 | 74% |
| Thu | 247 | 76% |
| Fri | 235 | 67% |
| Sat | 223 | 76% |
| Sun | 232 | 68% |
UA flight numbers on DSM → ORD
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