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United Airlines MSN to ORD on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
73%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.5%
24 flights
Avg arrival delay
20 min
68 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 5
route average 73% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on MSN to ORD arrived on time 73% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.5% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 73% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (56%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 82.1% on time, 6.7% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 62.5% on time, 1.5% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 78.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 70.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 70.5% on time, 5.4% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 71.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 67.9% on time, 1.2% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 83.5% on time, 1.2% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 73.7% on time, 6.6% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 67.8% on time, 6.3% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 65.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 78.4% on time, 5.1% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 80.4% on time, 7.3% 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 congestion56%
  • Late-arriving aircraft23%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)17%
  • Extreme weather4%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on MSN to ORD

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

962 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 24 cancelled, 0 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.