Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records
UA 5255 · Chicago (ORD) → Detroit (DTW)
Sold by United, flown by SkyWest. Still flying: 13 of the last 56 days (Fri).
Arrives on time64%within 15 minutes, of 13 flights
Cancelled15.4%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late9%of flights that operated
When late, on average39 minlate, among flights 15+ min late
Schedule
Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport (Detroit is 1 h ahead of Chicago).
- Leaves ORD
- 21:20
- Arrives DTW
- 23:54
- Flight time
- 1h 34m
- Days flown, last 8 weeks
- 13 of 56
Each square is a day, Sat Jun 6 to Fri Jul 31, two weeks per row (each column is the same weekday); filled = flew.
How late it arrives
Share of flights that operated arriving more than this late.
Horizontal: minutes late at arrival (0 to 3 hours). Vertical: share of flights later than that.
Its hour at ORD
All flights leaving Chicago (ORD) at 9–10 pm, wherever they’re going: 66% left within 15 minutes and 5.1% were cancelled (18,357 flights in the year). Other United flights on this route →
Upcoming forecasts
Our odds that this flight is late or cancelled on the days we publish.