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UA1946

Los Angeles (LAX) to Chicago (ORD) · scheduled 8:15 AM – 2:35 PM

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How UA1946 performs

315 operations, 2025-08-19 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
84.7%
261 of 308 completed
Cancellation rate
1.27%
4 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-10 min
Average -0.3 min
Severe delays
4.9%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
68 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
91.0%
Left the gate on time

UA1946 arrived on time 84.7% of the time, against 81.1% for all LAXORD flights — this specific departure is 3.6 percentage points better than the route as a whole.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 315 operations between 2025-08-19 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
UA194684.7%1.27%-10 min4.9%315
United Airlines on LAXORD84.9%1.16%-10 min4.7%9,662
All LAXORD flights81.1%1.26%-9 min6.9%20,418

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-08-19 to 2026-06-30

Other routes UA1946 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
ORDPIT Chicago to Pittsburgh2026-03-052026-06-3011864.7%
ORDIAD Chicago to Washington2026-02-122026-03-0421
ORDBUF Chicago to Buffalo2026-01-062026-02-1137
ORDRSW Chicago to Fort Myers2025-10-262026-01-0571
SFOLAX San Francisco to Los Angeles2025-12-022025-12-1716
RSWDEN Fort Myers to Denver2025-11-292025-11-302
ORDDAY Chicago to Dayton2025-09-252025-10-2531
ORDLGA Chicago to New York2025-01-072025-09-2422761.2%
MCIORD Kansas City to Chicago2025-08-012025-08-1815
TPAORD Tampa to Chicago2025-06-262025-07-3136
SMFORD Sacramento to Chicago2025-03-302025-04-3032
SFOORD San Francisco to Chicago2025-03-282025-03-281
AUSORD Austin to Chicago2025-03-062025-03-163
ORDDEN Chicago to Denver2025-02-132025-03-0521
EWRORD Newark to Chicago2025-02-132025-03-0521
DENLAS Denver to Las Vegas2025-02-172025-03-023
SNAORD Santa Ana to Chicago2024-10-282025-02-129392.5%
ORDCLE Chicago to Cleveland2024-12-012024-12-011
RAPDEN Rapid City to Denver2024-10-272024-10-271
ORDPDX Chicago to Portland2024-05-022024-10-2617783.5%
IAHORD Houston to Chicago2024-05-232024-06-2635
PDXSFO Portland to San Francisco2024-05-232024-06-2635
ORDOMA Chicago to Omaha2024-05-052024-05-051
RSWORD Fort Myers to Chicago2024-03-312024-05-0132
DENOMA Denver to Omaha2023-12-212024-01-0819
GTFDEN Great Falls to Denver2023-09-292023-10-2829
LAXIAH Los Angeles to Houston2023-10-152023-10-151
IAHBNA Houston to Nashville2023-07-012023-09-2889
BNADEN Nashville to Denver2023-09-072023-09-2810
SFOIAH San Francisco to Houston2023-07-012023-09-0466

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA1946 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 315 records of UA1946 operating LAXORD, 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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