Flight profile · United Airlines
UA786
Chicago (ORD) to Burlington (BTV) · scheduled 11:05 AM – 2:17 PM
How UA786 performs
707 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.
UA786 arrived on time 81.6% of the time, against 74.5% for all ORD → BTV flights — this specific departure is 7.1 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 6.0 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 707 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA786 | 81.6% | 0.14% | -7 min | 6.6% | 707 |
| United Airlines on ORD → BTV | 75.6% | 0.59% | -2 min | 8.5% | 1,866 |
| All ORD → BTV flights | 74.5% | 1.19% | -3 min | 9.2% | 3,206 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Other routes UA786 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ICT→ORD Wichita to Chicago | 2023-12-21 – 2026-06-30 | 518 | 85.3% |
| SAV→ORD Savannah to Chicago | 2026-05-02 – 2026-05-19 | 14 | — |
| CLT→ORD Charlotte to Chicago | 2026-04-03 – 2026-04-28 | 16 | — |
| ORD→MSN Chicago to Madison | 2025-12-04 – 2025-12-15 | 6 | — |
| ORD→ECP Chicago to Panama City Beach | 2025-03-30 – 2025-05-21 | 53 | — |
| CLT→IAH Charlotte to Houston | 2024-11-29 – 2024-11-29 | 1 | — |
| MEM→ORD Memphis to Chicago | 2024-06-27 – 2024-08-18 | 53 | — |
| RSW→ORD Fort Myers to Chicago | 2024-02-15 – 2024-06-26 | 133 | 90.2% |
| ORD→DEN Chicago to Denver | 2024-02-15 – 2024-03-30 | 45 | — |
| DEN→GEG Denver to Spokane | 2024-03-07 – 2024-03-30 | 18 | — |
| AUS→ORD Austin to Chicago | 2023-07-01 – 2024-02-14 | 150 | 94.0% |
| CMH→EWR Columbus to Newark | 2023-12-23 – 2024-01-06 | 3 | — |
| CID→ORD Cedar Rapids to Chicago | 2023-10-01 – 2023-10-28 | 27 | — |
| ORD→IAD Chicago to Washington | 2023-09-22 – 2023-09-22 | 1 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA786 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Why UA786 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
crew, maintenance, boarding, fuelling — within the carrier’s control
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for UA786 on ORD → BTV. A single late flight can carry more than one cause, and only delays of fifteen minutes or more are attributed at all.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 707 records of UA786 operating ORD → BTV, 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.