Flight profile · United Airlines
UA1989
Chicago (ORD) to Raleigh–Durham (RDU) · scheduled 6:25 PM – 9:37 PM
How UA1989 performs
94 operations, 2026-03-29 to 2026-06-30.
UA1989 arrived on time 54.8% of the time, against 77.1% for all ORD → RDU flights — this specific departure is 22.2 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 24.3 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 94 operations between 2026-03-29 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA1989 | 54.8% | 1.06% | 8 min | 20.4% | 94 |
| United Airlines on ORD → RDU | 79.2% | 0.71% | -4 min | 7.1% | 3,663 |
| All ORD → RDU flights | 77.1% | 1.30% | -5 min | 8.7% | 9,723 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2026-03-29 to 2026-06-30
Other routes UA1989 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DSM→ORD Des Moines to Chicago | 2026-06-25 – 2026-06-30 | 5 | — |
| MCI→ORD Kansas City to Chicago | 2026-03-29 – 2026-04-29 | 28 | — |
| ORD→BOS Chicago to Boston | 2025-01-07 – 2026-03-28 | 407 | 65.2% |
| SNA→ORD Santa Ana to Chicago | 2026-02-12 – 2026-03-04 | 21 | — |
| PHX→ORD Phoenix to Chicago | 2025-12-18 – 2026-01-05 | 19 | — |
| TUS→ORD Tucson to Chicago | 2025-09-25 – 2025-10-25 | 31 | — |
| BOS→ORD Boston to Chicago | 2025-08-19 – 2025-09-24 | 37 | — |
| LAS→ORD Las Vegas to Chicago | 2025-08-01 – 2025-08-18 | 14 | — |
| MCO→ORD Orlando to Chicago | 2025-03-06 – 2025-03-29 | 24 | — |
| FAT→DEN Fresno to Denver | 2023-07-01 – 2025-01-06 | 417 | 88.7% |
| MSP→IAD Minneapolis to Washington | 2024-05-23 – 2024-05-23 | 1 | — |
| SAT→DEN San Antonio to Denver | 2024-03-07 – 2024-05-22 | 45 | — |
| IAH→SDF Houston to Louisville | 2024-05-04 – 2024-05-04 | 1 | — |
| BDL→ORD Hartford to Chicago | 2024-04-01 – 2024-05-01 | 30 | — |
| ORD→DCA Chicago to Washington | 2024-01-09 – 2024-03-06 | 48 | — |
| MCI→LAS Kansas City to Las Vegas | 2024-02-09 – 2024-02-09 | 1 | — |
| DCA→IAH Washington to Houston | 2023-12-21 – 2023-12-21 | 1 | — |
| AUS→IAD Austin to Washington | 2023-10-23 – 2023-10-23 | 1 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA1989 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 94 records of UA1989 operating ORD → RDU, 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.