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United Airlines ORD to PHX on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
79%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.7%
14 flights
Avg arrival delay
15 min
69 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 4
route average 73% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on ORD to PHX arrived on time 79% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 0.7% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 73% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (47%).

On-time trend by month

60%80%100%July 2025: 75.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 89.1% on time, 2.2% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 83.0% on time, 0.7% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 73.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 71.5% on time, 1.3% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 75.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 75.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 87.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 87.7% on time, 0.5% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 75.1% on time, 0.5% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 81.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 72.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 80.3% on time, 3.9% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft47%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)25%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion21%
  • Extreme weather8%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on ORD to PHX

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

1,968 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 14 cancelled, 7 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.