PHL → ORD United Airlines

United Airlines · Philadelphia, PA to Chicago, IL · 1,774 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 34 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 87% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 51% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
75%
Median delay
-3 min
90th percentile
+57 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on PHL → ORD (1,774 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 75% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -3 min; the worst 10% ran +57 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,29975%
16-30 min1519%
31-60 min1207%
61-120 min674%
2+ hrs986%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0714166%+26 min
2025-0814277%+12 min
2025-0914378%+4 min
2025-1015077%+15 min
2025-1114073%+21 min
2025-1212063%+26 min
2026-0111271%+13 min
2026-0211283%-3 min
2026-0313878%+31 min
2026-0415475%+26 min
2026-0519078%+13 min
2026-0619377%+22 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon25573%
Tue25781%
Wed24277%
Thu25374%
Fri26075%
Sat21174%
Sun25770%

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