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United Airlines ORD to MDT on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
70%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.8%
17 flights
Avg arrival delay
23 min
70 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 5
route average 74% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on ORD to MDT arrived on time 70% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.8% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 74% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (50%).

On-time trend by month

30%65%100%July 2025: 43.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 71.8% on time, 4.9% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 80.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 83.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 57.1% on time, 3.4% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 80.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 56.0% on time, 5.7% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 68.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 64.6% on time, 4.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 66.0% on time, 3.6% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 78.7% on time, 1.6% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 57.6% on time, 1.7% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 68.4% on time, 8.1% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft50%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)23%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion17%
  • Extreme weather10%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on ORD to MDT

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

602 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 17 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.