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United Airlines RIC to ORD on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
83%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.1%
9 flights
Avg arrival delay
11 min
57 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 4
route average 78% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on RIC to ORD arrived on time 83% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 3.1% were cancelled, and 4% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 78% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (43%).

On-time trend by month

60%80%100%July 2025: 90.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 86.7% on time, 3.2% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 93.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 89.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 90.3% on time, 3.1% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 77.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 83.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledJan ’26March 2026: 76.0% on time, 3.8% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 85.2% on time, 10.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 76.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 83.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 71.4% on time, 9.7% 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 congestion43%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)41%
  • Late-arriving aircraft15%
  • Extreme weather1%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on RIC to ORD

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

295 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 9 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.