Flight profile · United Airlines
UA380
Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) to Chicago (ORD) · scheduled 7:00 AM – 9:25 AM
Not currently scheduled Last operated 2026-02-11.
How UA380 performs
874 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-02-11.
UA380 arrived on time 85.9% of the time, against 73.1% for all DFW → ORD flights — this specific departure is 12.8 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 8.6 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 874 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-02-11
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA380 | 85.9% | 1.60% | -7 min | 3.7% | 874 |
| United Airlines on DFW → ORD | 77.3% | 1.37% | -5 min | 9.5% | 5,697 |
| All DFW → ORD flights | 73.1% | 2.01% | -3 min | 10.6% | 19,786 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-02-11
By day of week
Does UA380 run worse on particular days?
Thursday is historically the most reliable day and Tuesday the least, a gap of 9.0 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-02-11 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.
Other routes UA380 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→RSW Chicago to Fort Myers | 2025-12-18 – 2026-02-11 | 56 | — |
| ORD→JAX Chicago to Jacksonville | 2025-03-30 – 2025-12-17 | 216 | 72.6% |
| ORD→ATL Chicago to Atlanta | 2024-12-03 – 2025-03-29 | 80 | — |
| ORD→EWR Chicago to Newark | 2024-03-07 – 2024-10-26 | 68 | — |
| ORD→PWM Chicago to Portland | 2023-12-21 – 2023-12-27 | 4 | — |
| ORD→RDU Chicago to Raleigh–Durham | 2023-10-01 – 2023-11-30 | 50 | — |
| ORD→BNA Chicago to Nashville | 2023-08-01 – 2023-09-04 | 35 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA380 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
When it goes wrong
The average describes a usual day. This is the day that ruins a connection.
23 min late
against a median of 7 min early
Percentiles over 874 operations. Cancelled and diverted flights have no arrival time and are counted separately rather than as very late arrivals.
Why UA380 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
crew, maintenance, boarding, fuelling — within the carrier’s control
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for UA380 on DFW → ORD. A single late flight can carry more than one cause, and only delays of fifteen minutes or more are attributed at all.
Other departures on DFW → ORD
Same airports, same journey — and not the same odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA1634 | United Airlines | 85.0% | 8 min early | 854 |
| AA328 | American Airlines | 83.4% | 11 min early | 851 |
| AA2881 | American Airlines | 63.4% | 3 min late | 797 |
Every departure listed carries at least 600 operations, so the comparison is between figures that mean something. Schedules change; confirm the departure still operates before booking around this.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 874 records of UA380 operating DFW → 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.
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