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UA2494

Fort Myers (RSW) to Chicago (ORD) · scheduled 12:30 PM – 2:54 PM

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How UA2494 performs

315 operations, 2025-08-19 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
88.4%
275 of 311 completed
Cancellation rate
0.32%
1 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-12 min
Average -5.3 min
Severe delays
3.9%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
64 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
91.4%
Left the gate on time

UA2494 arrived on time 88.4% of the time, against 78.5% for all RSWORD flights — this specific departure is 9.9 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 5.2 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 315 operations between 2025-08-19 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
UA249488.4%0.32%-12 min3.9%315
United Airlines on RSWORD83.2%1.35%-9 min5.6%4,534
All RSWORD flights78.5%1.67%-8 min8.1%8,723

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-08-19 to 2026-06-30

Other routes UA2494 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.

RouteOperatedFlightsOn time
IAHRSW Houston to Fort Myers2026-04-302026-05-2021
ORDDEN Chicago to Denver2025-12-182026-04-299474.5%
ORDTPA Chicago to Tampa2026-01-062026-02-1136
ORDPDX Chicago to Portland2025-09-252025-10-2531
JACORD Jackson to Chicago2025-05-222025-08-1888
ORDMCI Chicago to Kansas City2025-08-012025-08-1818
ORDCVG Chicago to Cincinnati / Covington2025-07-012025-07-3121
EWRLAX Newark to Los Angeles2025-05-012025-05-2118
MIAEWR Miami to Newark2024-12-192025-05-1688
MCOCLE Orlando to Cleveland2025-03-062025-03-2924
SLCORD Salt Lake City to Chicago2025-02-132025-03-0521
LASLAX Las Vegas to Los Angeles2024-12-032024-12-1816
SEAORD Seattle to Chicago2024-10-272024-12-0237
EWRIAD Newark to Washington2023-07-022024-10-2646565.0%
ORDEWR Chicago to Newark2024-06-272024-06-304
SFOEWR San Francisco to Newark2024-06-012024-06-2626
IADCLT Washington to Charlotte2024-06-022024-06-238
IAHCVG Houston to Cincinnati / Covington2024-03-072024-03-071
MEMEWR Memphis to Newark2023-09-292023-09-302
PHXEWR Phoenix to Newark2023-09-052023-09-2824
RSWEWR Fort Myers to Newark2023-07-012023-09-0466

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA2494 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 315 records of UA2494 operating RSWORD, 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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