Flight profile · United Airlines
UA2487
Los Angeles (LAX) to Chicago (ORD) · scheduled 2:15 PM – 8:25 PM
How UA2487 performs
494 operations, 2025-01-07 to 2026-06-30.
UA2487 arrived on time 70.1% of the time, against 81.1% for all LAX → ORD flights — this specific departure is 11.0 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 14.7 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 494 operations between 2025-01-07 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA2487 | 70.1% | 0.40% | 2 min | 7.0% | 494 |
| United Airlines on LAX → ORD | 84.9% | 1.16% | -10 min | 4.7% | 9,662 |
| All LAX → ORD flights | 81.1% | 1.26% | -9 min | 6.9% | 20,418 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-01-07 to 2026-06-30
Other routes UA2487 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHX→LAX Phoenix to Los Angeles | 2026-05-21 – 2026-06-30 | 41 | — |
| ORD→PHL Chicago to Philadelphia | 2025-03-30 – 2026-01-05 | 162 | 71.7% |
| ORD→IAH Chicago to Houston | 2025-11-29 – 2025-11-30 | 2 | — |
| SFO→LAX San Francisco to Los Angeles | 2025-03-30 – 2025-10-25 | 173 | 83.2% |
| LAS→LAX Las Vegas to Los Angeles | 2024-02-15 – 2025-03-29 | 372 | 85.7% |
| LAX→DEN Los Angeles to Denver | 2025-03-06 – 2025-03-29 | 24 | — |
| LAX→IAD Los Angeles to Washington | 2024-12-19 – 2025-01-06 | 19 | — |
| ORD→LAS Chicago to Las Vegas | 2024-03-31 – 2024-10-31 | 110 | 93.6% |
| LAX→IAH Los Angeles to Houston | 2024-06-27 – 2024-08-18 | 53 | — |
| RSW→EWR Fort Myers to Newark | 2023-09-29 – 2024-02-14 | 115 | 90.0% |
| IAH→RSW Houston to Fort Myers | 2023-11-28 – 2023-12-20 | 23 | — |
| MSP→EWR Minneapolis to Newark | 2023-09-05 – 2023-09-28 | 24 | — |
| PHX→IAD Phoenix to Washington | 2023-07-01 – 2023-09-04 | 66 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA2487 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 494 records of UA2487 operating LAX → 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.