STL → ORD United Airlines

United Airlines · St. Louis, MO to Chicago, IL · 3,018 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 93 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -2 min, while the worst 10% run +82 min or later.
On-time arrival
71%
Median delay
-2 min
90th percentile
+82 min
Cancellation rate
3%

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

Across every United Airlines flight number on STL → ORD (3,018 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 71% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -2 min; the worst 10% ran +82 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2,06971%
16-30 min2719%
31-60 min2278%
61-120 min1646%
2+ hrs2007%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0724566%+29 min
2025-0823075%+10 min
2025-0922978%+9 min
2025-1023373%+17 min
2025-1122569%+29 min
2025-1222965%+26 min
2026-0122262%+35 min
2026-0222876%+8 min
2026-0325566%+42 min
2026-0425864%+24 min
2026-0529773%+20 min
2026-0628079%+13 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon41569%
Tue41575%
Wed42870%
Thu42172%
Fri42670%
Sat39971%
Sun42766%

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