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United Airlines CVG to ORD on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
69%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.8%
26 flights
Avg arrival delay
25 min
75 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 6
route average 71% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on CVG to ORD arrived on time 69% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.8% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #4 of 6 airlines on this route, which averaged 71% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (53%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 63.9% on time, 1.2% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 75.6% on time, 3.5% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 80.3% on time, 0.8% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 58.5% on time, 1.9% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 65.4% on time, 2.5% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 52.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 60.0% on time, 3.2% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 63.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 75.8% on time, 5.7% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 84.4% on time, 4.3% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 80.2% on time, 3.5% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 61.1% on time, 3.6% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 70.0% on time, 5.3% 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 congestion53%
  • Late-arriving aircraft22%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)18%
  • Extreme weather7%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on CVG to ORD

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

937 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 26 cancelled, 2 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.