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United Airlines LGA to ORD on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
67%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
4.1%
189 flights
Avg arrival delay
29 min
86 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 6
route average 68% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on LGA to ORD arrived on time 67% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 4.1% were cancelled, and 14% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #4 of 6 airlines on this route, which averaged 68% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (42%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 57.8% on time, 5.5% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 74.3% on time, 3.9% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 78.9% on time, 0.7% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 53.7% on time, 1.6% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 59.7% on time, 3.2% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 61.8% on time, 2.3% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 75.0% on time, 5.6% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 78.4% on time, 5.3% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 54.8% on time, 9.3% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 69.7% on time, 3.6% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 72.3% on time, 1.6% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 66.7% on time, 4.5% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 64.9% on time, 9.3% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft42%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion39%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)12%
  • Extreme weather7%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on LGA to ORD

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

4,665 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 189 cancelled, 13 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.