Flight profile · United Airlines
UA247
Chicago (ORD) to Omaha (OMA) · scheduled 12:45 PM – 2:22 PM
How UA247 performs
294 operations, 2025-03-06 to 2026-06-30.
UA247 arrived on time 78.4% of the time, against 72.7% for all ORD → OMA flights — this specific departure is 5.8 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 4.7 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 294 operations between 2025-03-06 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA247 | 78.4% | 0.68% | -9 min | 6.5% | 294 |
| 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 · 2025-03-06 to 2026-06-30
Other routes UA247 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEM→ORD Memphis to Chicago | 2026-01-06 – 2026-06-30 | 135 | 84.1% |
| ORD→CHS Chicago to Charleston | 2026-03-29 – 2026-04-29 | 32 | — |
| ORD→DSM Chicago to Des Moines | 2024-06-27 – 2026-03-22 | 124 | 86.2% |
| LAX→EWR Los Angeles to Newark | 2025-12-02 – 2026-03-04 | 56 | — |
| RDU→ORD Raleigh–Durham to Chicago | 2024-09-26 – 2025-12-01 | 371 | 90.3% |
| ANC→SFO Anchorage to San Francisco | 2025-06-28 – 2025-07-26 | 5 | — |
| BZN→LAX Bozeman to Los Angeles | 2025-03-08 – 2025-03-29 | 7 | — |
| LGA→ORD New York to Chicago | 2024-06-27 – 2025-01-06 | 97 | 93.7% |
| ORD→DEN Chicago to Denver | 2024-12-19 – 2025-01-06 | 19 | — |
| DEN→SFO Denver to San Francisco | 2024-12-19 – 2025-01-06 | 18 | — |
| EWR→RDU Newark to Raleigh–Durham | 2024-12-03 – 2024-12-18 | 16 | — |
| MCO→ORD Orlando to Chicago | 2024-05-23 – 2024-06-26 | 35 | — |
| IAH→ORD Houston to Chicago | 2023-12-21 – 2024-03-30 | 80 | — |
| ORD→EWR Chicago to Newark | 2024-03-07 – 2024-03-30 | 24 | — |
| FSD→ORD Sioux Falls to Chicago | 2024-02-15 – 2024-03-06 | 21 | — |
| DEN→LAX Denver to Los Angeles | 2023-11-28 – 2023-12-20 | 23 | — |
| MCO→DEN Orlando to Denver | 2023-12-04 – 2023-12-20 | 8 | — |
| ORD→PHL Chicago to Philadelphia | 2023-09-05 – 2023-11-27 | 54 | — |
| COS→ORD Colorado Springs to Chicago | 2023-09-06 – 2023-10-28 | 53 | — |
| ORD→MEM Chicago to Memphis | 2023-09-29 – 2023-10-08 | 4 | — |
| CLT→ORD Charlotte to Chicago | 2023-07-01 – 2023-09-04 | 66 | — |
| ORD→MSN Chicago to Madison | 2023-07-01 – 2023-09-04 | 64 | — |
| MSN→DEN Madison to Denver | 2023-08-01 – 2023-09-04 | 35 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA247 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Why UA247 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 UA247 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 294 records of UA247 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.
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