Flight profile · United Airlines
UA2616
Houston (IAH) to Chicago (ORD) · scheduled 6:30 AM – 9:11 AM
How UA2616 performs
456 operations, 2025-03-30 to 2026-06-30.
UA2616 arrived on time 89.0% of the time, against 77.1% for all IAH → ORD flights — this specific departure is 11.9 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 8.7 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 456 operations between 2025-03-30 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA2616 | 89.0% | 0.66% | -10 min | 1.8% | 456 |
| United Airlines on IAH → ORD | 80.3% | 0.89% | -6 min | 7.3% | 11,399 |
| All IAH → ORD flights | 77.1% | 1.38% | -6 min | 9.1% | 16,460 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-03-30 to 2026-06-30
Other routes UA2616 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORD→RDU Chicago to Raleigh–Durham | 2026-03-29 – 2026-06-30 | 92 | 83.7% |
| ORD→SAV Chicago to Savannah | 2026-03-05 – 2026-03-28 | 24 | — |
| ORD→DEN Chicago to Denver | 2026-01-06 – 2026-03-04 | 58 | — |
| ORD→OMA Chicago to Omaha | 2025-12-02 – 2025-12-16 | 14 | — |
| ORD→CLE Chicago to Cleveland | 2025-09-25 – 2025-10-25 | 31 | — |
| ORD→PDX Chicago to Portland | 2025-05-22 – 2025-08-18 | 89 | — |
| ORD→LAS Chicago to Las Vegas | 2025-04-01 – 2025-04-30 | 30 | — |
| IAH→ATL Houston to Atlanta | 2023-07-01 – 2025-03-29 | 481 | 76.5% |
| SNA→IAH Santa Ana to Houston | 2025-03-06 – 2025-03-29 | 21 | — |
| LAX→BWI Los Angeles to Baltimore | 2025-02-12 – 2025-02-12 | 1 | — |
| JAC→IAH Jackson to Houston | 2024-12-19 – 2025-01-06 | 19 | — |
| ATL→EWR Atlanta to Newark | 2024-03-07 – 2024-12-13 | 50 | — |
| LAX→IAH Los Angeles to Houston | 2023-08-01 – 2024-09-25 | 218 | 97.7% |
| IAH→CLE Houston to Cleveland | 2024-08-25 – 2024-09-24 | 18 | — |
| RSW→DEN Fort Myers to Denver | 2024-05-23 – 2024-05-23 | 1 | — |
| SFO→LAX San Francisco to Los Angeles | 2023-12-16 – 2023-12-16 | 1 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA2616 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 456 records of UA2616 operating IAH → 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.