ORD → EWR United Airlines

United Airlines · Chicago, IL to Newark, NJ · 4,391 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 85 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 100% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 60% departing 3–6pm.
On-time arrival
72%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+79 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on ORD → EWR (4,391 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 72% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -4 min; the worst 10% ran +79 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time3,07372%
16-30 min3448%
31-60 min3207%
61-120 min2827%
2+ hrs2596%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0734554%+45 min
2025-0836564%+27 min
2025-0935176%+17 min
2025-1037764%+22 min
2025-1136868%+33 min
2025-1237466%+20 min
2026-0132975%+9 min
2026-0228880%+4 min
2026-0335374%+13 min
2026-0436983%+1 min
2026-0539285%+2 min
2026-0636775%+13 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon61872%
Tue62876%
Wed61173%
Thu61469%
Fri63773%
Sat55673%
Sun61466%

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