United Airlines DFW to ORD on-time performance
United Airlines nonstop flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Chicago · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
72%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.9%
38 flights
Avg arrival delay
28 min
95 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 7
route average 68% on time
Key facts
- United Airlines flights on DFW to ORD arrived on time 72% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.9% were cancelled, and 13% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #4 of 7 airlines on this route, which averaged 68% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (41%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft41%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion39%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)17%
- Extreme weather3%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DFW to ORD
- American Airlines66% on time · 27 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines70% on time · 30 min avg delay
- Envoy Air69% on time · 31 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines75% on time · 23 min avg delay
- Republic Airways75% on time · 16 min avg delay
- SkyWest Airlines88% on time · 2 min avg delay
Full DFW to ORD comparison →
United Airlines on-time record across all routes →
2,043 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 38 cancelled, 10 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.