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United Airlines ORD to MSN on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
70%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.1%
20 flights
Avg arrival delay
22 min
69 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 5
route average 72% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on ORD to MSN arrived on time 70% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.1% were cancelled, and 11% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 72% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (56%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 53.6% on time, 6.7% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 68.3% on time, 1.6% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 72.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 81.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 60.2% on time, 5.4% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 64.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 55.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 76.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 66.1% on time, 6.7% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 59.0% on time, 4.7% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 74.2% on time, 1.1% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 71.6% on time, 3.9% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 75.0% on time, 5.5% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft56%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)24%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion13%
  • Extreme weather8%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on ORD to MSN

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

961 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 20 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.