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United Airlines ORD to ORF on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
67%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.9%
12 flights
Avg arrival delay
24 min
68 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 6
route average 73% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on ORD to ORF arrived on time 67% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.9% were cancelled, and 12% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #4 of 6 airlines on this route, which averaged 73% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (45%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 66.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 71.2% on time, 4.8% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 76.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 77.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 61.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 61.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 72.4% on time, 6.5% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 56.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 61.9% on time, 6.7% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 61.8% on time, 1.8% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 64.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 68.6% on time, 2.8% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 50.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft45%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)31%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion16%
  • Extreme weather8%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on ORD to ORF

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

631 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 12 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.