OnTimeRoutes
C

United Airlines ORD to STL on-time performance

United Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to St. Louis · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
73%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.4%
8 flights
Avg arrival delay
21 min
75 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 5
route average 72% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on ORD to STL arrived on time 73% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.4% were cancelled, and 11% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 72% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (53%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 55.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 69.6% on time, 6.1% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 83.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 78.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 79.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 69.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25February 2026: 76.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 53.3% on time, 3.2% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 71.4% on time, 6.7% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 71.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 69.7% on time, 1.1% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 71.7% 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 aircraft53%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)28%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion15%
  • Extreme weather4%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on ORD to STL

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

560 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 8 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.