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United Airlines BWI to ORD on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
75%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.2%
15 flights
Avg arrival delay
24 min
89 min when late
Rank on route
#5 of 8
route average 76% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on BWI to ORD arrived on time 75% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.2% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #5 of 8 airlines on this route, which averaged 76% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (42%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 73.3% on time, 2.3% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 72.0% on time, 1.1% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 81.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 77.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 70.1% on time, 2.2% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 67.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 73.8% on time, 4.7% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 80.0% on time, 1.8% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 72.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 80.3% on time, 2.5% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 79.8% on time, 0.8% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 72.0% on time, 1.4% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 71.2% on time, 1.4% 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 congestion42%
  • Late-arriving aircraft29%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)18%
  • Extreme weather12%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on BWI to ORD

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

1,208 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 15 cancelled, 3 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.