ORD → SAT United Airlines

United Airlines · Chicago, IL to San Antonio, TX · 965 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 30 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 94% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 50% departing 3–6pm.
On-time arrival
77%
Median delay
-6 min
90th percentile
+55 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on ORD → SAT (965 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 77% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -6 min; the worst 10% ran +55 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time73677%
16-30 min596%
31-60 min717%
61-120 min465%
2+ hrs394%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-077771%+27 min
2025-087186%+2 min
2025-097985%-3 min
2025-109388%-2 min
2025-117890%-5 min
2025-127779%+7 min
2026-016175%+8 min
2026-027086%-6 min
2026-038874%+15 min
2026-048666%+16 min
2026-058764%+20 min
2026-068467%+20 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon14577%
Tue13583%
Wed13475%
Thu14377%
Fri14578%
Sat11178%
Sun13874%

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