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UA1285

Chicago (ORD) to Pittsburgh (PIT) · scheduled 7:15 AM – 9:47 AM

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How UA1285 performs

504 operations, 2024-06-27 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
88.4%
442 of 500 completed
Cancellation rate
0.79%
4 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-10 min
Average -3.3 min
Severe delays
2.6%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
52 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
90.0%
Left the gate on time

UA1285 arrived on time 88.4% of the time, against 77.6% for all ORDPIT flights — this specific departure is 10.8 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 10.3 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 504 operations between 2024-06-27 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
UA128588.4%0.79%-10 min2.6%504
United Airlines on ORDPIT78.1%0.83%-5 min7.7%3,383
All ORDPIT flights77.6%1.41%-6 min8.6%9,879

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-06-27 to 2026-06-30

Other routes UA1285 has flown

A flight number is a slot in a schedule, and carriers reassign it. These are the other city pairs this number served in the analysis period.

RouteOperatedFlightsOn time
SFOAUS San Francisco to Austin2026-04-112026-04-253
JACEWR Jackson to Newark2026-03-292026-04-058
DENICT Denver to Wichita2026-03-212026-03-211
DSMDEN Des Moines to Denver2026-03-142026-03-141
DENPHL Denver to Philadelphia2025-12-182026-01-0519
PHLORD Philadelphia to Chicago2025-12-182026-01-0416
EWRORD Newark to Chicago2025-12-022025-12-1716
ORDCVG Chicago to Cincinnati / Covington2025-12-022025-12-1716
DENFCA Denver to Kalispell2025-05-222025-06-2535
DENTPA Denver to Tampa2025-03-062025-03-2924
IAHLGA Houston to New York2025-02-192025-03-053
LASORD Las Vegas to Chicago2025-02-142025-03-0412
IAHDTW Houston to Detroit2025-01-072025-02-1237
RSWIAH Fort Myers to Houston2024-12-032025-01-0635
CIDORD Cedar Rapids to Chicago2024-11-302024-12-012
ORDIAD Chicago to Washington2024-11-302024-12-012
MCIDEN Kansas City to Denver2024-02-152024-06-2610182.0%
PHXORD Phoenix to Chicago2024-03-312024-05-0132
DENPHX Denver to Phoenix2023-11-282024-03-3088
ICTDEN Wichita to Denver2023-10-292024-02-1470
IAHSAN Houston to San Diego2023-07-012023-10-2812082.5%
ORDIAH Chicago to Houston2023-10-012023-10-2828
SANSFO San Diego to San Francisco2023-07-012023-09-0466

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA1285 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 504 records of UA1285 operating ORDPIT, published by the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule. Cancelled and diverted flights are excluded from the on-time rate and reported separately. Flight numbers are resolved as carrier plus number plus route, because the same number serves different routes over time.

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