ORD → BOS United Airlines

United Airlines · Chicago, IL to Boston, MA · 2,680 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 46 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 93% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 48% departing 3–6pm.
On-time arrival
70%
Median delay
-2 min
90th percentile
+80 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on ORD → BOS (2,680 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 70% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -2 min; the worst 10% ran +80 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,82570%
16-30 min1827%
31-60 min25410%
61-120 min2118%
2+ hrs1536%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0724465%+22 min
2025-0824375%+12 min
2025-0923947%+43 min
2025-1024959%+29 min
2025-1122475%+20 min
2025-1217770%+20 min
2026-0115975%+11 min
2026-0214179%+5 min
2026-0319170%+19 min
2026-0420671%+14 min
2026-0526678%+7 min
2026-0628674%+10 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon40469%
Tue34571%
Wed34869%
Thu41064%
Fri41669%
Sat29780%
Sun40567%

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