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UA609

Cleveland (CLE) to Chicago (ORD) · scheduled 11:00 AM – 11:34 AM

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How UA609 performs

795 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
90.0%
702 of 780 completed
Cancellation rate
1.89%
15 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-12 min
Average -3.8 min
Severe delays
4.0%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
79 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
90.3%
Left the gate on time

UA609 arrived on time 90.0% of the time, against 80.1% for all CLEORD flights — this specific departure is 9.9 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 6.8 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 795 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
UA60990.0%1.89%-12 min4.0%795
United Airlines on CLEORD83.2%1.07%-7 min5.8%5,883
All CLEORD flights80.1%2.16%-7 min7.7%11,346

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

Other routes UA609 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
ORDMCO Chicago to Orlando2026-05-212026-06-3041
ORDDEN Chicago to Denver2025-12-022026-04-2948
RICORD Richmond to Chicago2026-03-072026-03-284
EWRRDU Newark to Raleigh–Durham2026-01-062026-02-1137
DFWEWR Dallas–Fort Worth to Newark2026-01-062026-02-1127
ORDPHX Chicago to Phoenix2025-03-062025-09-2420386.2%
PHXLAX Phoenix to Los Angeles2025-05-222025-07-3166
EWRCLE Newark to Cleveland2024-05-232025-03-0443
ORDIAH Chicago to Houston2024-09-262025-01-0650
IAHSAN Houston to San Diego2024-12-192025-01-0616
IAHDEN Houston to Denver2024-10-272024-12-0237
ORDLAX Chicago to Los Angeles2024-03-312024-08-1810684.8%
ORDEWR Chicago to Newark2024-03-072024-03-3024
ORDCLT Chicago to Charlotte2023-07-012024-03-0612874.6%
ORDPHL Chicago to Philadelphia2024-01-092024-02-1437
SJCORD San Jose to Chicago2023-12-212023-12-211

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA609 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 795 records of UA609 operating CLEORD, 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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