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United Airlines ORD to RIC on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
61%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.4%
7 flights
Avg arrival delay
32 min
78 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 4
route average 72% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on ORD to RIC arrived on time 61% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.4% were cancelled, and 15% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #4 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 72% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (60%).

On-time trend by month

30%65%100%July 2025: 43.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 60.0% on time, 3.2% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 60.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 70.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 60.0% on time, 3.2% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 56.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 60.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJan ’26March 2026: 44.0% on time, 7.4% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 64.3% on time, 6.7% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 70.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 60.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 63.3% on time, 3.2% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft60%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)19%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion14%
  • Extreme weather7%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on ORD to RIC

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

295 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 7 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.