EWR → ORD United Airlines

United Airlines · Newark, NJ to Chicago, IL · 4,389 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 76 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 +66 min or later.
On-time arrival
72%
Median delay
-1 min
90th percentile
+66 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on EWR → ORD (4,389 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 72% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -1 min; the worst 10% ran +66 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time3,08472%
16-30 min4059%
31-60 min3298%
61-120 min2366%
2+ hrs2285%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0734863%+28 min
2025-0836572%+17 min
2025-0935382%+3 min
2025-1037762%+17 min
2025-1136865%+26 min
2025-1237271%+18 min
2026-0132974%+9 min
2026-0229084%-2 min
2026-0335065%+28 min
2026-0436777%+13 min
2026-0539379%+8 min
2026-0637071%+21 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon61974%
Tue62677%
Wed61373%
Thu61572%
Fri62570%
Sat56271%
Sun62267%

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