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United Airlines PIT to ORD on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
78%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.1%
27 flights
Avg arrival delay
23 min
98 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 5
route average 79% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on PIT to ORD arrived on time 78% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.1% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 79% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (50%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 73.7% on time, 1.7% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 82.8% on time, 1.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 85.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 82.5% on time, 0.8% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 74.0% on time, 2.8% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 64.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 69.8% on time, 4.0% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 84.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 72.0% on time, 2.9% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 77.7% on time, 4.6% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 85.8% on time, 0.8% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 75.9% on time, 3.3% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 77.1% on time, 4.1% 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 congestion50%
  • Late-arriving aircraft29%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)18%
  • Extreme weather3%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on PIT to ORD

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

1,293 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 27 cancelled, 1 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.