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United Airlines ORD to RDU on-time performance

United Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Raleigh/Durham · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
77%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.1%
14 flights
Avg arrival delay
19 min
75 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 7
route average 74% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on ORD to RDU arrived on time 77% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.1% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 7 airlines on this route, which averaged 74% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (47%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 65.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 80.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 86.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 87.4% on time, 0.8% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 78.4% on time, 1.7% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 72.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 80.0% on time, 8.2% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 81.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 63.7% on time, 0.9% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 79.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 75.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 70.8% on time, 1.1% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 60.9% on time, 1.1% 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)23%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion20%
  • Extreme weather10%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on ORD to RDU

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

1,278 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 14 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.