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UA1920

Chicago (ORD) to Sacramento (SMF) · scheduled 4:05 PM – 6:41 PM

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How UA1920 performs

217 operations, 2025-09-25 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
64.5%
138 of 214 completed
Cancellation rate
1.38%
3 cancelled
Median arrival delay
1 min
Average 17.9 min
Severe delays
14.5%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
66 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
72.9%
Left the gate on time

UA1920 arrived on time 64.5% of the time, against 74.1% for all ORDSMF flights — this specific departure is 9.6 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 10.6 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 217 operations between 2025-09-25 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
UA192064.5%1.38%1 min14.5%217
United Airlines on ORDSMF75.1%0.76%-4 min8.6%2,903
All ORDSMF flights74.1%1.06%-4 min9.1%3,688

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-09-25 to 2026-06-30

Other routes UA1920 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
ALBORD Albany to Chicago2026-05-212026-06-2433
RDUORD Raleigh–Durham to Chicago2024-05-022026-05-2049782.3%
ORDPDX Chicago to Portland2026-03-052026-03-2824
SMFDEN Sacramento to Denver2025-11-292025-11-302
EWRRDU Newark to Raleigh–Durham2024-03-072025-10-2521188.0%
ORDLAS Chicago to Las Vegas2024-10-272025-09-2219576.8%
LASDEN Las Vegas to Denver2024-11-302025-08-1847
ATLORD Atlanta to Chicago2025-01-192025-05-2122
BWILAX Baltimore to Los Angeles2025-03-312025-04-3027
MIAIAD Miami to Washington2025-03-302025-03-301
EWRBOS Newark to Boston2025-03-062025-03-2924
PHLORD Philadelphia to Chicago2024-12-192025-03-0525
ORDATL Chicago to Atlanta2025-01-212025-01-211
EWRIAH Newark to Houston2025-01-102025-01-101
EWRMCO Newark to Orlando2024-12-032024-12-1816
ORDSNA Chicago to Santa Ana2024-09-262024-10-2631
ORDDEN Chicago to Denver2024-08-192024-08-3113
FLLDEN Fort Lauderdale to Denver2024-07-012024-08-1849
ORDEWR Chicago to Newark2024-02-152024-03-0621
EWRPBI Newark to West Palm Beach2024-01-092024-02-1437
PWMEWR Portland to Newark2023-09-062024-01-0888
TPASFO Tampa to San Francisco2023-10-292023-11-2730
AUSEWR Austin to Newark2023-10-202023-10-201
CVGEWR Cincinnati / Covington to Newark2023-10-162023-10-161
SANIAH San Diego to Houston2023-09-172023-09-242
EWRDEN Newark to Denver2023-09-052023-09-051
LGAORD New York to Chicago2023-08-012023-09-0435
STLEWR St. Louis to Newark2023-07-012023-07-3131

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA1920 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 217 records of UA1920 operating ORDSMF, 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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