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
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).
| Arrival | Flights | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Early / on-time | 1,759 | 74% |
| 16-30 min | 198 | 8% |
| 31-60 min | 182 | 8% |
| 61-120 min | 92 | 4% |
| 2+ hrs | 136 | 6% |
Performance by month
| Month | Flights | On-time | Avg delay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07 | 203 | 72% | +21 min |
| 2025-08 | 197 | 77% | +5 min |
| 2025-09 | 201 | 86% | +0 min |
| 2025-10 | 209 | 82% | +1 min |
| 2025-11 | 182 | 74% | +16 min |
| 2025-12 | 183 | 63% | +36 min |
| 2026-01 | 181 | 64% | +27 min |
| 2026-02 | 166 | 77% | +7 min |
| 2026-03 | 173 | 55% | +43 min |
| 2026-04 | 238 | 78% | +20 min |
| 2026-05 | 235 | 77% | +16 min |
| 2026-06 | 199 | 80% | +10 min |
Performance by day of week
| Day | Flights | On-time |
|---|---|---|
| Mon | 346 | 72% |
| Tue | 343 | 76% |
| Wed | 342 | 75% |
| Thu | 342 | 78% |
| Fri | 347 | 72% |
| Sat | 306 | 76% |
| Sun | 341 | 71% |
UA flight numbers on DTW → ORD
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