Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records
UA 5990 · Chicago (ORD) → Des Moines (DSM)
Sold by United, flown by SkyWest. Still flying: 19 of the last 56 days.
Arrives on time61%within 15 minutes, of 35 flights
Cancelled5.7%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late27%of flights that operated
When late, on average93 minlate, among flights 15+ min late
Schedule
Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport.
- Leaves ORD
- 17:50
- Arrives DSM
- 19:25
- Flight time
- 1h 35m
- Days flown, last 8 weeks
- 19 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 5–6 pm, wherever they’re going: 66% left within 15 minutes and 4.4% were cancelled (20,888 flights in the year). Other United flights on this route →
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