Flight profile · United Airlines
UA2481
Chicago (ORD) to Syracuse (SYR) · scheduled 6:20 PM – 9:14 PM
How UA2481 performs
419 operations, 2024-12-03 to 2026-06-30.
UA2481 arrived on time 69.1% of the time, against 77.3% for all ORD → SYR flights — this specific departure is 8.2 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 4.5 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 419 operations between 2024-12-03 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA2481 | 69.1% | 0.95% | 1 min | 11.4% | 419 |
| United Airlines on ORD → SYR | 73.6% | 0.83% | -1 min | 9.5% | 1,325 |
| All ORD → SYR flights | 77.3% | 1.54% | -4 min | 8.2% | 5,648 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-12-03 to 2026-06-30
Other routes UA2481 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCO→ORD Orlando to Chicago | 2026-03-05 – 2026-06-30 | 118 | 72.6% |
| ORD→TPA Chicago to Tampa | 2026-03-05 – 2026-03-28 | 21 | — |
| EWR→ORF Newark to Norfolk | 2026-03-04 – 2026-03-04 | 1 | — |
| LAX→SLC Los Angeles to Salt Lake City | 2026-01-06 – 2026-03-02 | 49 | — |
| EWR→BOS Newark to Boston | 2026-02-03 – 2026-02-03 | 1 | — |
| LAX→LAS Los Angeles to Las Vegas | 2025-12-02 – 2025-12-17 | 16 | — |
| EWR→SNA Newark to Santa Ana | 2025-03-06 – 2025-03-29 | 24 | — |
| ABQ→ORD Albuquerque to Chicago | 2024-12-19 – 2025-01-06 | 10 | — |
| PSP→ORD Palm Springs to Chicago | 2024-09-26 – 2024-12-18 | 83 | — |
| SFO→PSP San Francisco to Palm Springs | 2024-10-27 – 2024-12-18 | 53 | — |
| ORD→EWR Chicago to Newark | 2024-10-27 – 2024-12-02 | 36 | — |
| DEN→LAS Denver to Las Vegas | 2024-09-05 – 2024-09-25 | 20 | — |
| IAD→ORD Washington to Chicago | 2024-09-04 – 2024-09-04 | 1 | — |
| EWR→IAH Newark to Houston | 2024-09-03 – 2024-09-03 | 1 | — |
| SFO→ANC San Francisco to Anchorage | 2023-07-01 – 2024-09-02 | 169 | 87.5% |
| EWR→FLL Newark to Fort Lauderdale | 2024-02-15 – 2024-05-22 | 98 | 74.5% |
| IAD→EWR Washington to Newark | 2024-04-01 – 2024-05-01 | 27 | — |
| PSP→IAH Palm Springs to Houston | 2024-01-09 – 2024-02-14 | 37 | — |
| LAX→TPA Los Angeles to Tampa | 2023-12-21 – 2024-01-08 | 19 | — |
| DEN→COS Denver to Colorado Springs | 2023-11-28 – 2023-12-20 | 23 | — |
| IAD→SFO Washington to San Francisco | 2023-10-29 – 2023-11-27 | 29 | — |
| ORD→DTW Chicago to Detroit | 2023-10-06 – 2023-10-27 | 6 | — |
| SFO→AUS San Francisco to Austin | 2023-10-19 – 2023-10-20 | 2 | — |
| ORD→SBN Chicago to South Bend | 2023-10-13 – 2023-10-15 | 2 | — |
| GSP→ORD Greenville/Greer/Spartanburg to Chicago | 2023-10-01 – 2023-10-05 | 5 | — |
| ORD→ALB Chicago to Albany | 2023-09-29 – 2023-09-29 | 1 | — |
| SFO→PIT San Francisco to Pittsburgh | 2023-09-05 – 2023-09-28 | 24 | — |
| SEA→SFO Seattle to San Francisco | 2023-08-01 – 2023-09-04 | 35 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA2481 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Why UA2481 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 UA2481 on ORD → SYR. A single late flight can carry more than one cause, and only delays of fifteen minutes or more are attributed at all.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 419 records of UA2481 operating ORD → SYR, 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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