ORD → DTW United Airlines

United Airlines · Chicago, IL to Detroit, MI · 2,439 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 80 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -2 min, while the worst 10% run +65 min or later.
On-time arrival
73%
Median delay
-2 min
90th percentile
+65 min
Cancellation rate
3%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on ORD → DTW (2,439 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 73% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -2 min; the worst 10% ran +65 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,72373%
16-30 min1968%
31-60 min1968%
61-120 min1406%
2+ hrs1175%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0720266%+20 min
2025-0819983%+7 min
2025-0920283%+2 min
2025-1021080%+3 min
2025-1117874%+16 min
2025-1218459%+33 min
2026-0118169%+18 min
2026-0216581%+3 min
2026-0317263%+26 min
2026-0424275%+17 min
2026-0523771%+18 min
2026-0620066%+23 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon34769%
Tue34874%
Wed34272%
Thu34378%
Fri34670%
Sat30677%
Sun34069%

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