ORD → BUF United Airlines

United Airlines · Chicago, IL to Buffalo, NY · 1,312 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 57 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 87% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 45% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
73%
Median delay
-2 min
90th percentile
+72 min
Cancellation rate
3%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on ORD → BUF (1,312 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 73% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -2 min; the worst 10% ran +72 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time92673%
16-30 min1119%
31-60 min826%
61-120 min847%
2+ hrs716%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0711976%+15 min
2025-0811979%+16 min
2025-0911982%+4 min
2025-1012078%+6 min
2025-1110570%+26 min
2025-129660%+36 min
2026-018566%+21 min
2026-028468%+28 min
2026-037961%+33 min
2026-0410765%+17 min
2026-0512276%+17 min
2026-0611980%+11 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon18872%
Tue18774%
Wed18572%
Thu18977%
Fri19068%
Sat15879%
Sun17767%

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