Flight profile · United Airlines
UA1616
Nashville (BNA) to Chicago (ORD) · scheduled 12:55 PM – 2:46 PM
How UA1616 performs
658 operations, 2024-01-09 to 2026-06-30.
UA1616 arrived on time 85.7% of the time, against 76.2% for all BNA → ORD flights — this specific departure is 9.5 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 8.9 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 658 operations between 2024-01-09 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA1616 | 85.7% | 0.91% | -7 min | 5.7% | 658 |
| United Airlines on BNA → ORD | 76.9% | 1.48% | -2 min | 8.3% | 3,439 |
| All BNA → ORD flights | 76.2% | 1.84% | -4 min | 9.5% | 14,577 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-01-09 to 2026-06-30
Other routes UA1616 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EWR→BNA Newark to Nashville | 2026-05-21 – 2026-06-30 | 41 | — |
| ORD→PDX Chicago to Portland | 2024-12-19 – 2026-06-24 | 67 | — |
| ORD→LGA Chicago to New York | 2024-03-07 – 2026-04-29 | 52 | — |
| ORD→PBI Chicago to West Palm Beach | 2026-03-05 – 2026-03-28 | 24 | — |
| ORD→RDU Chicago to Raleigh–Durham | 2026-01-06 – 2026-03-04 | 52 | — |
| LAX→LAS Los Angeles to Las Vegas | 2026-01-05 – 2026-01-05 | 1 | — |
| RSW→DEN Fort Myers to Denver | 2025-12-18 – 2026-01-04 | 15 | — |
| ORD→DEN Chicago to Denver | 2025-12-02 – 2025-12-17 | 16 | — |
| ORD→SNA Chicago to Santa Ana | 2025-09-25 – 2025-10-25 | 31 | — |
| ORD→GRR Chicago to Grand Rapids | 2025-06-26 – 2025-09-24 | 90 | 64.4% |
| ORD→DCA Chicago to Washington | 2025-02-13 – 2025-06-25 | 109 | 55.6% |
| ORD→IAD Chicago to Washington | 2024-10-27 – 2024-12-02 | 36 | — |
| ORD→XNA Chicago to Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers | 2024-06-07 – 2024-06-07 | 1 | — |
| ORD→BTV Chicago to Burlington | 2024-02-15 – 2024-03-06 | 21 | — |
| ORD→LAS Chicago to Las Vegas | 2024-01-13 – 2024-02-12 | 2 | — |
| ORD→MIA Chicago to Miami | 2024-01-11 – 2024-02-11 | 18 | — |
| MEM→DEN Memphis to Denver | 2023-12-21 – 2024-01-08 | 19 | — |
| DEN→MEM Denver to Memphis | 2023-07-01 – 2023-12-20 | 143 | 90.1% |
| EWR→LAX Newark to Los Angeles | 2023-10-29 – 2023-11-27 | 30 | — |
| IAH→DEN Houston to Denver | 2023-07-01 – 2023-07-31 | 31 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA1616 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 658 records of UA1616 operating BNA → 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.