ORD → PHL United Airlines

United Airlines · Chicago, IL to Philadelphia, PA · 1,777 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 25 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -3 min, while the worst 10% run +70 min or later.
On-time arrival
73%
Median delay
-3 min
90th percentile
+70 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on ORD → PHL (1,777 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 73% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -3 min; the worst 10% ran +70 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,28373%
16-30 min1207%
31-60 min1478%
61-120 min1106%
2+ hrs915%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0714454%+45 min
2025-0814277%+13 min
2025-0914678%+8 min
2025-1015083%+3 min
2025-1114073%+18 min
2025-1212169%+14 min
2026-0111366%+17 min
2026-0211481%+3 min
2026-0314162%+24 min
2026-0415775%+18 min
2026-0518981%+10 min
2026-0619475%+17 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon26269%
Tue25478%
Wed24577%
Thu26171%
Fri26472%
Sat20774%
Sun25872%

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