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UA1421

Chicago (ORD) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) · scheduled 7:00 AM – 11:13 AM

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How UA1421 performs

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

On-time arrivals
91.4%
522 of 571 completed
Cancellation rate
0.35%
2 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-11 min
Average -7.2 min
Severe delays
1.4%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
40 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
96.7%
Left the gate on time

UA1421 arrived on time 91.4% of the time, against 74.9% for all ORDFLL flights — this specific departure is 16.5 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 11.2 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 574 operations between 2024-06-27 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
UA142191.4%0.35%-11 min1.4%574
United Airlines on ORDFLL80.3%1.17%-6 min6.7%3,941
All ORDFLL flights74.9%1.51%-5 min9.6%9,318

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

Other routes UA1421 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
FLLIAD Fort Lauderdale to Washington2026-03-052026-06-309790.7%
ORDDFW Chicago to Dallas–Fort Worth2026-05-202026-05-201
LAXIAH Los Angeles to Houston2026-03-042026-03-041
FLLEWR Fort Lauderdale to Newark2025-12-182026-01-0519
EWRCHS Newark to Charleston2025-10-012025-10-227
FLLIAH Fort Lauderdale to Houston2024-12-192025-01-0619
CLEORD Cleveland to Chicago2024-06-272024-10-2511798.3%
ORDAUS Chicago to Austin2024-09-262024-10-2526
AUSIAH Austin to Houston2024-10-172024-10-214
ORDPHL Chicago to Philadelphia2024-09-012024-09-2525
ORDCLT Chicago to Charlotte2024-08-192024-08-3113
ORDRDU Chicago to Raleigh–Durham2024-03-072024-06-2610886.0%
ORDMSN Chicago to Madison2024-02-152024-03-0621
IAHBWI Houston to Baltimore2024-01-092024-02-1427
MIASFO Miami to San Francisco2024-01-132024-02-1110
EWRSFO Newark to San Francisco2023-12-212024-01-0819
IAHSFO Houston to San Francisco2023-11-282023-12-2023
DENSAN Denver to San Diego2023-07-012023-11-2714387.9%
FLLDEN Fort Lauderdale to Denver2023-11-042023-11-254
RDUDEN Raleigh–Durham to Denver2023-09-292023-10-2830
SANORD San Diego to Chicago2023-07-102023-10-2629
PDXDEN Portland to Denver2023-07-012023-09-0466

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA1421 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 574 records of UA1421 operating ORDFLL, 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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