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United Airlines ORD to MEM on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
67%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
4.5%
15 flights
Avg arrival delay
25 min
72 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 5
route average 73% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on ORD to MEM arrived on time 67% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 4.5% were cancelled, and 12% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #4 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 73% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (62%).

On-time trend by month

30%65%100%July 2025: 45.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 72.4% on time, 6.5% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 86.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 74.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 71.4% on time, 3.4% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 64.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 58.3% on time, 11.1% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 67.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 53.6% on time, 9.7% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 64.3% on time, 6.7% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 72.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 55.2% on time, 3.3% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 57.1% on time, 9.7% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft62%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)24%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion12%
  • Extreme weather2%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on ORD to MEM

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

333 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 15 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.