Flight profile · United Airlines
UA1490
Portland (PDX) to Chicago (ORD) · scheduled 11:59 PM – 6:00 AM
How UA1490 performs
832 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.
UA1490 arrived on time 86.1% of the time, against 81.1% for all PDX → ORD flights — this specific departure is 5.0 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 1.5 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 832 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA1490 | 86.1% | 1.32% | -15 min | 4.6% | 832 |
| United Airlines on PDX → ORD | 84.6% | 0.81% | -8 min | 4.7% | 4,069 |
| All PDX → ORD flights | 81.1% | 1.07% | -6 min | 5.4% | 7,170 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Other routes UA1490 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.
| Route | Operated | Flights | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEN→EWR Denver to Newark | 2026-03-30 – 2026-04-03 | 5 | — |
| DEN→TPA Denver to Tampa | 2026-03-29 – 2026-03-29 | 1 | — |
| IAH→AUS Houston to Austin | 2026-03-05 – 2026-03-28 | 24 | — |
| LAS→IAH Las Vegas to Houston | 2026-03-05 – 2026-03-28 | 24 | — |
| IAD→IAH Washington to Houston | 2025-09-02 – 2025-09-24 | 23 | — |
| EWR→DEN Newark to Denver | 2025-09-01 – 2025-09-01 | 1 | — |
| EWR→DFW Newark to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2025-06-01 – 2025-06-25 | 25 | — |
| SFO→LAX San Francisco to Los Angeles | 2025-05-22 – 2025-05-22 | 1 | — |
| EWR→ATL Newark to Atlanta | 2025-03-06 – 2025-03-29 | 24 | — |
| RSW→EWR Fort Myers to Newark | 2025-01-07 – 2025-02-12 | 37 | — |
| MSY→DEN New Orleans to Denver | 2024-01-11 – 2024-03-30 | 56 | — |
| JAX→IAH Jacksonville to Houston | 2023-07-02 – 2023-07-02 | 1 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA1490 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 832 records of UA1490 operating PDX → ORD, 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.