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
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).
| Arrival | Flights | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Early / on-time | 3,084 | 72% |
| 16-30 min | 405 | 9% |
| 31-60 min | 329 | 8% |
| 61-120 min | 236 | 6% |
| 2+ hrs | 228 | 5% |
Performance by month
| Month | Flights | On-time | Avg delay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07 | 348 | 63% | +28 min |
| 2025-08 | 365 | 72% | +17 min |
| 2025-09 | 353 | 82% | +3 min |
| 2025-10 | 377 | 62% | +17 min |
| 2025-11 | 368 | 65% | +26 min |
| 2025-12 | 372 | 71% | +18 min |
| 2026-01 | 329 | 74% | +9 min |
| 2026-02 | 290 | 84% | -2 min |
| 2026-03 | 350 | 65% | +28 min |
| 2026-04 | 367 | 77% | +13 min |
| 2026-05 | 393 | 79% | +8 min |
| 2026-06 | 370 | 71% | +21 min |
Performance by day of week
| Day | Flights | On-time |
|---|---|---|
| Mon | 619 | 74% |
| Tue | 626 | 77% |
| Wed | 613 | 73% |
| Thu | 615 | 72% |
| Fri | 625 | 70% |
| Sat | 562 | 71% |
| Sun | 622 | 67% |
UA flight numbers on EWR → ORD
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