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United Airlines ORD to MSP on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
70%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.2%
29 flights
Avg arrival delay
22 min
69 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 8
route average 70% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on ORD to MSP arrived on time 70% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.2% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 8 airlines on this route, which averaged 70% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (42%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 66.7% on time, 1.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 63.3% on time, 0.5% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 70.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 77.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 71.1% on time, 2.1% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 54.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 64.4% on time, 0.5% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 77.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 61.4% on time, 4.5% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 73.3% on time, 1.4% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 76.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 75.8% on time, 2.6% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 74.3% on time, 3.4% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft42%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)31%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion19%
  • Extreme weather8%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on ORD to MSP

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

2,378 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 29 cancelled, 5 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.