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UA1492

Chicago (ORD) to Columbus (CMH) · scheduled 6:15 PM – 11:59 PM

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How UA1492 performs

1,071 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
67.6%
715 of 1,057 completed
Cancellation rate
1.21%
13 cancelled
Median arrival delay
2 min
Average 18.8 min
Severe delays
12.5%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
69 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
72.3%
Left the gate on time

UA1492 arrived on time 67.6% of the time, against 76.1% for all ORDCMH flights — this specific departure is 8.5 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 7.6 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 1,071 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
UA149267.6%1.21%2 min12.5%1,071
United Airlines on ORDCMH75.2%0.89%-4 min9.6%3,250
All ORDCMH flights76.1%1.45%-5 min9.1%11,693

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

By day of week

Does UA1492 run worse on particular days?

Monday67.1%
Tuesday73.9%
Wednesday66.0%
Thursday68.7%
Friday61.3%
Saturday71.1%
Sunday65.4%

Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Friday the least, a gap of 12.5 percentage points.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.

Other routes UA1492 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
PHXORD Phoenix to Chicago2024-12-032026-03-0719
CMHSFO Columbus to San Francisco2025-11-282025-11-303
PDXORD Portland to Chicago2024-05-232025-08-1853
LAXORD Los Angeles to Chicago2024-09-262025-07-3163
MCOORD Orlando to Chicago2025-02-132025-03-3123
SAVORD Savannah to Chicago2024-10-272024-12-0236
TUSORD Tucson to Chicago2024-08-192024-09-2538
ORDBWI Chicago to Baltimore2024-08-182024-08-181
MCIORD Kansas City to Chicago2024-01-012024-01-077
SNAORD Santa Ana to Chicago2023-09-052023-09-2824
LASORD Las Vegas to Chicago2023-08-012023-09-0435
DFWORD Dallas–Fort Worth to Chicago2023-07-012023-07-3129

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA1492 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 1,071 records of UA1492 operating ORDCMH, 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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