Flight profile · United Airlines
UA561
Chicago (ORD) to Kansas City (MCI) · scheduled 12:45 PM – 2:20 PM
How UA561 performs
657 operations, 2024-05-23 to 2026-06-30.
UA561 arrived on time 81.2% of the time, against 74.3% for all ORD → MCI flights — this specific departure is 6.9 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 5.9 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 657 operations between 2024-05-23 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA561 | 81.2% | 0.91% | -7 min | 6.3% | 657 |
| United Airlines on ORD → MCI | 75.4% | 1.18% | -4 min | 9.1% | 4,142 |
| All ORD → MCI flights | 74.3% | 1.71% | -3 min | 9.9% | 10,567 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-05-23 to 2026-06-30
Other routes UA561 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLE→ORD Cleveland to Chicago | 2026-04-02 – 2026-04-27 | 16 | — |
| ORD→MCO Chicago to Orlando | 2024-01-11 – 2026-04-25 | 56 | — |
| PBI→ORD West Palm Beach to Chicago | 2026-03-05 – 2026-03-28 | 24 | — |
| ORD→DSM Chicago to Des Moines | 2026-03-14 – 2026-03-14 | 1 | — |
| PIT→ORD Pittsburgh to Chicago | 2025-10-26 – 2026-03-04 | 85 | — |
| ORD→MDT Chicago to Harrisburg | 2025-12-18 – 2026-01-05 | 18 | — |
| MCO→ORD Orlando to Chicago | 2024-03-08 – 2025-12-17 | 24 | — |
| LGA→ORD New York to Chicago | 2025-05-22 – 2025-09-24 | 101 | 88.9% |
| ORD→MSN Chicago to Madison | 2025-08-21 – 2025-08-21 | 1 | — |
| DCA→ORD Washington to Chicago | 2024-10-27 – 2025-05-21 | 19 | — |
| MSP→IAH Minneapolis to Houston | 2025-05-03 – 2025-05-17 | 3 | — |
| RSW→ORD Fort Myers to Chicago | 2025-03-06 – 2025-03-29 | 24 | — |
| SMF→IAD Sacramento to Washington | 2024-12-19 – 2025-01-06 | 19 | — |
| PHL→ORD Philadelphia to Chicago | 2024-12-03 – 2024-12-18 | 16 | — |
| SFO→ORD San Francisco to Chicago | 2024-03-31 – 2024-12-02 | 218 | 94.0% |
| SBN→ORD South Bend to Chicago | 2024-11-15 – 2024-11-15 | 1 | — |
| ORD→IAH Chicago to Houston | 2024-05-25 – 2024-06-22 | 5 | — |
| ORD→BUF Chicago to Buffalo | 2024-05-02 – 2024-05-22 | 21 | — |
| ORD→BOS Chicago to Boston | 2024-03-31 – 2024-03-31 | 1 | — |
| MSP→ORD Minneapolis to Chicago | 2024-01-09 – 2024-03-06 | 53 | — |
| DEN→FLL Denver to Fort Lauderdale | 2023-11-28 – 2024-01-08 | 42 | — |
| DEN→SLC Denver to Salt Lake City | 2023-10-29 – 2023-11-27 | 29 | — |
| ORD→OMA Chicago to Omaha | 2023-11-23 – 2023-11-23 | 1 | — |
| DEN→COS Denver to Colorado Springs | 2023-09-29 – 2023-10-28 | 30 | — |
| DEN→FSD Denver to Sioux Falls | 2023-07-01 – 2023-09-28 | 88 | — |
| ORD→BZN Chicago to Bozeman | 2023-09-04 – 2023-09-04 | 1 | — |
| RNO→SFO Reno to San Francisco | 2023-07-02 – 2023-07-02 | 1 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA561 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 657 records of UA561 operating ORD → MCI, 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.