IAH → ORD United Airlines

United Airlines · Houston, TX to Chicago, IL · 4,007 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 55 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 95% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 54% departing 3–6pm.
On-time arrival
79%
Median delay
-5 min
90th percentile
+46 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on IAH → ORD (4,007 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 79% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -5 min; the worst 10% ran +46 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time3,11679%
16-30 min3098%
31-60 min2306%
61-120 min1684%
2+ hrs1373%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0732569%+14 min
2025-0833178%+10 min
2025-0932989%-7 min
2025-1033582%+2 min
2025-1131473%+17 min
2025-1235281%+7 min
2026-0132882%+2 min
2026-0229689%-4 min
2026-0333172%+22 min
2026-0432280%+10 min
2026-0534979%+3 min
2026-0634874%+17 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon58380%
Tue55581%
Wed55080%
Thu56882%
Fri57578%
Sat54777%
Sun58273%

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