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United Airlines PHX to ORD on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
77%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.8%
15 flights
Avg arrival delay
21 min
87 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 4
route average 76% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on PHX to ORD arrived on time 77% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 0.8% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 76% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (51%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 75.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 83.8% on time, 0.8% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 81.9% on time, 0.7% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 77.8% on time, 0.6% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 69.0% on time, 2.5% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 79.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 76.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 84.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 73.3% on time, 0.5% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 73.6% on time, 0.5% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 79.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 73.0% on time, 0.7% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 70.7% 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

  • Air traffic control & airport congestion51%
  • Late-arriving aircraft26%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)19%
  • Extreme weather4%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on PHX to ORD

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

1,967 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 15 cancelled, 12 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.