United Airlines ORD to DFW on-time performance
United Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Dallas/Fort Worth · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
74%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.3%
27 flights
Avg arrival delay
20 min
73 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 7
route average 70% on time
Key facts
- United Airlines flights on ORD to DFW arrived on time 74% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.3% were cancelled, and 11% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #4 of 7 airlines on this route, which averaged 70% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (43%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft43%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion26%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)26%
- Extreme weather5%
- Security0%
Other airlines on ORD to DFW
- American Airlines69% on time · 30 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines68% on time · 27 min avg delay
- Envoy Air75% on time · 19 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines61% on time · 33 min avg delay
- Republic Airways75% on time · 16 min avg delay
- SkyWest Airlines88% on time · 5 min avg delay
Full ORD to DFW comparison →
United Airlines on-time record across all routes →
2,043 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 27 cancelled, 17 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.