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UA303

Kansas City (MCI) to Chicago (ORD) · scheduled 8:00 AM – 5:05 PM

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How UA303 performs

1,093 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
81.6%
881 of 1,079 completed
Cancellation rate
1.19%
13 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-5 min
Average 7.9 min
Severe delays
6.4%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
74 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
84.2%
Left the gate on time

UA303 arrived on time 81.6% of the time, against 79.2% for all MCIORD flights — this specific departure is 2.4 percentage points better than the route as a whole.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 1,093 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
UA30381.6%1.19%-5 min6.4%1,093
United Airlines on MCIORD81.2%1.42%-4 min7.1%4,141
All MCIORD flights79.2%1.91%-6 min8.5%10,568

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

By day of week

Does UA303 run worse on particular days?

Monday85.2%
Tuesday83.1%
Wednesday83.3%
Thursday83.7%
Friday78.4%
Saturday79.4%
Sunday78.4%

Monday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 6.7 percentage points.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.

Other routes UA303 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
ORDBWI Chicago to Baltimore2026-05-212026-06-2435
ORDMIA Chicago to Miami2026-03-052026-03-2824
ORDIAH Chicago to Houston2026-01-062026-02-1137
ORDSLC Chicago to Salt Lake City2025-09-252025-10-2531
DENDSM Denver to Des Moines2025-08-172025-08-171
ORDEWR Chicago to Newark2025-05-222025-06-2535
ORDGSP Chicago to Greenville/Greer/Spartanburg2025-03-302025-03-312
ORDLGA Chicago to New York2023-09-052024-12-0255
LGADEN New York to Denver2024-10-272024-12-0231
ORDSAN Chicago to San Diego2024-10-012024-10-2626
ORDLAS Chicago to Las Vegas2024-09-012024-09-2525
ORDALB Chicago to Albany2024-08-012024-08-1612
ORDRNO Chicago to Reno2024-06-272024-06-304
ORDGRR Chicago to Grand Rapids2024-03-012024-03-066
ORDFAT Chicago to Fresno2023-12-212023-12-308
DENICT Denver to Wichita2023-11-232023-11-231
ORDRSW Chicago to Fort Myers2023-10-012023-10-2828

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA303 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 1,093 records of UA303 operating MCIORD, 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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