ORD → DFW United Airlines

United Airlines · Chicago, IL to Dallas/Fort Worth, TX · 2,030 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 31 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -5 min, while the worst 10% run +67 min or later.
On-time arrival
74%
Median delay
-5 min
90th percentile
+67 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on ORD → DFW (2,030 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 74% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -5 min; the worst 10% ran +67 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,47574%
16-30 min1508%
31-60 min1467%
61-120 min1236%
2+ hrs955%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0717966%+18 min
2025-0817672%+13 min
2025-0917480%+3 min
2025-1017777%+6 min
2025-1115674%+14 min
2025-1214375%+11 min
2026-0113169%+20 min
2026-0212988%-3 min
2026-0314874%+11 min
2026-0416774%+9 min
2026-0520875%+11 min
2026-0620170%+19 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon29975%
Tue30682%
Wed29275%
Thu29076%
Fri29569%
Sat22773%
Sun28069%

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