SNA → ORD United Airlines

United Airlines · Santa Ana, CA to Chicago, IL · 1,040 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 18 flight numbers

On-time arrival
80%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+33 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on SNA → ORD (1,040 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 80% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -4 min; the worst 10% ran +33 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time81480%
16-30 min969%
31-60 min525%
61-120 min313%
2+ hrs273%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-078774%+1 min
2025-088486%0 min
2025-098584%+1 min
2025-108982%-5 min
2025-118273%+21 min
2025-128988%+1 min
2026-018880%+3 min
2026-028084%-6 min
2026-038371%+21 min
2026-048477%+8 min
2026-058784%+3 min
2026-068276%+13 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon15480%
Tue15585%
Wed15481%
Thu15077%
Fri14982%
Sat15482%
Sun10466%

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