Flight profile · United Airlines
UA2486
San Diego (SAN) to Chicago (ORD) · scheduled 4:40 PM – 10:59 PM
How UA2486 performs
742 operations, 2023-12-21 to 2026-06-30.
UA2486 arrived on time 83.7% of the time, against 82.1% for all SAN → ORD flights — this specific departure is 1.6 percentage points better than the route as a whole.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 742 operations between 2023-12-21 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA2486 | 83.7% | 1.08% | -15 min | 8.6% | 742 |
| United Airlines on SAN → ORD | 84.6% | 0.89% | -9 min | 5.0% | 5,046 |
| All SAN → ORD flights | 82.1% | 1.14% | -9 min | 6.3% | 9,463 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-12-21 to 2026-06-30
Other routes UA2486 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IAH→SAN Houston to San Diego | 2023-10-29 – 2025-09-24 | 449 | 81.5% |
| EWR→DEN Newark to Denver | 2024-01-09 – 2024-01-09 | 1 | — |
| SAT→IAH San Antonio to Houston | 2023-07-01 – 2024-01-08 | 162 | 91.1% |
| IAH→MSP Houston to Minneapolis | 2023-07-01 – 2023-09-28 | 89 | — |
| IAH→LGA Houston to New York | 2023-09-03 – 2023-09-03 | 1 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA2486 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 742 records of UA2486 operating SAN → ORD, 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.