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UA534

Chicago (ORD) to Newark (EWR) · scheduled 6:20 PM – 9:28 PM

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How UA534 performs

523 operations, 2024-12-19 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
57.3%
293 of 511 completed
Cancellation rate
2.29%
12 cancelled
Median arrival delay
7 min
Average 36.6 min
Severe delays
21.9%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
96 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
59.6%
Left the gate on time

UA534 arrived on time 57.3% of the time, against 72.0% for all ORDEWR flights — this specific departure is 14.7 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 17.2 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 523 operations between 2024-12-19 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
UA53457.3%2.29%7 min21.9%523
United Airlines on ORDEWR74.6%2.03%-7 min11.9%12,629
All ORDEWR flights72.0%2.61%-5 min12.9%17,938

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-12-19 to 2026-06-30

Other routes UA534 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
DENGTF Denver to Great Falls2026-05-212026-05-3111
FLLORD Fort Lauderdale to Chicago2026-03-052026-03-2824
ORDLGA Chicago to New York2026-03-052026-03-2824
PDXORD Portland to Chicago2025-03-302026-01-0524583.0%
JACORD Jackson to Chicago2025-03-062025-03-2924
SFOORD San Francisco to Chicago2024-10-272025-01-0672
ORDIAH Chicago to Houston2024-10-272024-12-0236
HNLLAX Honolulu to Los Angeles2023-07-012024-10-2635988.5%
DCAORD Washington to Chicago2024-05-232024-06-2635
COSORD Colorado Springs to Chicago2024-05-022024-05-2221
ORDSYR Chicago to Syracuse2024-05-022024-05-2120
DENLAS Denver to Las Vegas2024-03-312024-05-0132
SFOSEA San Francisco to Seattle2024-01-092024-02-1437

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA534 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 523 records of UA534 operating ORDEWR, 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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