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UA546

Newark (EWR) to Chicago (ORD) · scheduled 7:45 PM – 9:22 PM

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How UA546 performs

572 operations, 2024-03-07 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
65.2%
365 of 560 completed
Cancellation rate
2.10%
12 cancelled
Median arrival delay
1 min
Average 24.9 min
Severe delays
15.9%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
90 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
68.8%
Left the gate on time

UA546 arrived on time 65.2% of the time, against 73.7% for all EWRORD flights — this specific departure is 8.5 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 9.2 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 572 operations between 2024-03-07 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
UA54665.2%2.10%1 min15.9%572
United Airlines on EWRORD74.4%1.98%-4 min9.8%12,618
All EWRORD flights73.7%2.68%-5 min10.8%17,929

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-03-07 to 2026-06-30

Other routes UA546 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
SAVEWR Savannah to Newark2026-05-222026-06-3039
LASEWR Las Vegas to Newark2025-09-252026-03-0414178.1%
ORDIAD Chicago to Washington2025-11-292025-11-302
PHXEWR Phoenix to Newark2024-06-272025-08-189262.9%
BOSORD Boston to Chicago2025-06-262025-07-3136
SFODEN San Francisco to Denver2025-05-012025-05-2121
CMHORD Columbus to Chicago2025-03-312025-04-3023
IADCLE Washington to Cleveland2025-03-302025-03-301
EWRPBI Newark to West Palm Beach2025-03-082025-03-294
IAHDCA Houston to Washington2025-03-062025-03-2820
SFOLAX San Francisco to Los Angeles2025-01-112025-02-085
LGAORD New York to Chicago2024-10-012024-10-2626
CVGORD Cincinnati / Covington to Chicago2024-08-202024-09-2537
ORDIAH Chicago to Houston2024-09-012024-09-2525
ORDABQ Chicago to Albuquerque2024-08-192024-08-3113
DRODEN Durango to Denver2024-03-312024-05-0132
ORDSAT Chicago to San Antonio2024-03-092024-03-304
EYWIAD Key West to Washington2023-12-212024-03-0677
SANIAD San Diego to Washington2023-07-012023-12-2017390.1%

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA546 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 572 records of UA546 operating EWRORD, 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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