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United Airlines BNA to ORD on-time performance

United Airlines nonstop flights from Nashville to Chicago · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
73%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.3%
33 flights
Avg arrival delay
27 min
94 min when late
Rank on route
#5 of 9
route average 72% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on BNA to ORD arrived on time 73% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.3% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #5 of 9 airlines on this route, which averaged 72% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (41%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 71.6% on time, 1.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 81.0% on time, 2.8% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 88.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 69.6% on time, 0.9% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 70.5% on time, 2.5% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 69.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 64.6% on time, 7.1% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 73.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 59.1% on time, 5.7% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 70.2% on time, 2.2% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 71.3% on time, 1.8% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 75.7% on time, 1.3% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 78.4% on time, 3.2% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Air traffic control & airport congestion41%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)34%
  • Late-arriving aircraft22%
  • Extreme weather3%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on BNA to ORD

Full BNA to ORD comparison →
United Airlines on-time record across all routes →

1,438 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 33 cancelled, 4 diverted.

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.