Flight profile · United Airlines
UA1778
Chicago (ORD) to Omaha (OMA) · scheduled 8:45 AM – 10:27 AM
How UA1778 performs
414 operations, 2025-01-07 to 2026-06-30.
UA1778 arrived on time 86.4% of the time, against 72.7% for all ORD → OMA flights — this specific departure is 13.7 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 12.7 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 414 operations between 2025-01-07 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA1778 | 86.4% | 0.24% | -11 min | 3.9% | 414 |
| United Airlines on ORD → OMA | 73.8% | 0.98% | -4 min | 9.2% | 3,354 |
| All ORD → OMA flights | 72.7% | 1.57% | -3 min | 9.9% | 7,508 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-01-07 to 2026-06-30
Other routes UA1778 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROC→ORD Rochester to Chicago | 2026-06-25 – 2026-06-30 | 6 | — |
| IAD→ORD Washington to Chicago | 2026-04-30 – 2026-06-24 | 55 | — |
| ORD→ALB Chicago to Albany | 2026-03-29 – 2026-04-29 | 32 | — |
| TPA→ORD Tampa to Chicago | 2026-03-29 – 2026-04-29 | 27 | — |
| ORD→DSM Chicago to Des Moines | 2026-03-22 – 2026-03-22 | 1 | — |
| SYR→ORD Syracuse to Chicago | 2025-05-01 – 2026-01-05 | 232 | 87.3% |
| ORD→JAC Chicago to Jackson | 2025-12-18 – 2026-01-05 | 19 | — |
| ORD→DCA Chicago to Washington | 2025-06-01 – 2025-06-25 | 22 | — |
| GRR→ORD Grand Rapids to Chicago | 2025-04-12 – 2025-04-12 | 1 | — |
| CMH→ATL Columbus to Atlanta | 2025-01-19 – 2025-01-19 | 1 | — |
| EWR→JAC Newark to Jackson | 2024-12-19 – 2025-01-06 | 19 | — |
| DFW→ORD Dallas–Fort Worth to Chicago | 2024-10-27 – 2024-12-18 | 50 | — |
| PWM→ORD Portland to Chicago | 2024-09-26 – 2024-10-26 | 31 | — |
| ORD→PNS Chicago to Pensacola | 2024-09-26 – 2024-10-26 | 31 | — |
| ORD→STL Chicago to St. Louis | 2024-01-09 – 2024-09-25 | 134 | 90.2% |
| LAX→IAD Los Angeles to Washington | 2024-06-27 – 2024-08-18 | 53 | — |
| FLL→ORD Fort Lauderdale to Chicago | 2024-05-23 – 2024-06-26 | 35 | — |
| ORD→LAX Chicago to Los Angeles | 2024-05-05 – 2024-05-05 | 1 | — |
| MFR→SFO Medford to San Francisco | 2024-05-03 – 2024-05-03 | 1 | — |
| IAH→IAD Houston to Washington | 2024-03-29 – 2024-03-29 | 1 | — |
| PHX→IAD Phoenix to Washington | 2024-03-08 – 2024-03-09 | 2 | — |
| RSW→DEN Fort Myers to Denver | 2023-12-21 – 2024-01-08 | 19 | — |
| MEM→ORD Memphis to Chicago | 2023-11-28 – 2023-12-20 | 23 | — |
| SFO→PHX San Francisco to Phoenix | 2023-10-29 – 2023-11-27 | 30 | — |
| IAH→TPA Houston to Tampa | 2023-09-29 – 2023-10-28 | 30 | — |
| PWM→EWR Portland to Newark | 2023-09-05 – 2023-09-28 | 19 | — |
| IAH→MSP Houston to Minneapolis | 2023-07-02 – 2023-09-04 | 47 | — |
| RNO→SFO Reno to San Francisco | 2023-07-01 – 2023-09-02 | 19 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA1778 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Why UA1778 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
crew, maintenance, boarding, fuelling — within the carrier’s control
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for UA1778 on ORD → OMA. A single late flight can carry more than one cause, and only delays of fifteen minutes or more are attributed at all.
Other departures on ORD → OMA
Same airports, same journey — and not the same odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA533 | United Airlines | 62.8% | 3 min late | 767 |
Every departure listed carries at least 600 operations, so the comparison is between figures that mean something. Schedules change; confirm the departure still operates before booking around this.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 414 records of UA1778 operating ORD → OMA, 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.