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United Airlines ORD to OMA on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
71%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.5%
21 flights
Avg arrival delay
20 min
65 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 6
route average 70% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on ORD to OMA arrived on time 71% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.5% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 6 airlines on this route, which averaged 70% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (49%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 60.6% on time, 1.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 81.7% on time, 1.8% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 78.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 75.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 71.6% on time, 1.8% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 51.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 71.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 82.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 66.1% on time, 2.7% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 65.9% on time, 5.7% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 69.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 67.3% on time, 2.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 68.9% on time, 4.8% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft49%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)29%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion18%
  • Extreme weather4%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on ORD to OMA

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

1,372 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 21 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.