Flight profile · United Airlines
UA254
Newark (EWR) to Chicago (ORD) · scheduled 6:25 PM – 8:25 PM
How UA254 performs
702 operations, 2024-02-15 to 2026-06-30.
UA254 arrived on time 47.5% of the time, against 73.7% for all EWR → ORD flights — this specific departure is 26.2 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 26.9 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 702 operations between 2024-02-15 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA254 | 47.5% | 3.13% | 17 min | 20.0% | 702 |
| United Airlines on EWR → ORD | 74.4% | 1.98% | -4 min | 9.8% | 12,618 |
| All EWR → ORD flights | 73.7% | 2.68% | -5 min | 10.8% | 17,929 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-02-15 to 2026-06-30
Other routes UA254 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAT→EWR San Antonio to Newark | 2025-09-25 – 2026-05-20 | 93 | 81.5% |
| BUF→ORD Buffalo to Chicago | 2025-12-25 – 2026-01-01 | 2 | — |
| EWR→BOS Newark to Boston | 2025-11-27 – 2025-11-27 | 1 | — |
| ORD→MYR Chicago to Myrtle Beach | 2025-09-27 – 2025-10-25 | 5 | — |
| DFW→IAH Dallas–Fort Worth to Houston | 2025-09-28 – 2025-10-19 | 4 | — |
| BDL→IAD Hartford to Washington | 2025-09-02 – 2025-09-24 | 23 | — |
| FLL→DEN Fort Lauderdale to Denver | 2025-08-19 – 2025-09-01 | 14 | — |
| PHX→EWR Phoenix to Newark | 2025-08-01 – 2025-08-18 | 18 | — |
| DEN→FLL Denver to Fort Lauderdale | 2025-07-04 – 2025-07-04 | 1 | — |
| TPA→EWR Tampa to Newark | 2025-02-13 – 2025-03-05 | 21 | — |
| DCA→ORD Washington to Chicago | 2024-01-09 – 2024-12-02 | 74 | — |
| ORD→TPA Chicago to Tampa | 2024-10-27 – 2024-12-02 | 36 | — |
| MIA→EWR Miami to Newark | 2024-03-07 – 2024-03-30 | 24 | — |
| EWR→PBI Newark to West Palm Beach | 2023-07-01 – 2024-01-08 | 184 | 74.9% |
| ORD→PHL Chicago to Philadelphia | 2023-12-23 – 2024-01-06 | 3 | — |
| DEN→BDL Denver to Hartford | 2023-11-23 – 2023-11-23 | 1 | — |
| IAD→IAH Washington to Houston | 2023-10-29 – 2023-10-29 | 1 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA254 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 702 records of UA254 operating EWR → 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.