DTW → ORD United Airlines

United Airlines · Detroit, MI to Chicago, IL · 2,439 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 83 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -2 min, while the worst 10% run +58 min or later.
On-time arrival
74%
Median delay
-2 min
90th percentile
+58 min
Cancellation rate
3%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on DTW → ORD (2,439 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 74% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -2 min; the worst 10% ran +58 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,75974%
16-30 min1988%
31-60 min1828%
61-120 min924%
2+ hrs1366%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0720372%+21 min
2025-0819777%+5 min
2025-0920186%+0 min
2025-1020982%+1 min
2025-1118274%+16 min
2025-1218363%+36 min
2026-0118164%+27 min
2026-0216677%+7 min
2026-0317355%+43 min
2026-0423878%+20 min
2026-0523577%+16 min
2026-0619980%+10 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon34672%
Tue34376%
Wed34275%
Thu34278%
Fri34772%
Sat30676%
Sun34171%

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