Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records
UA 1206 · Newark (EWR) → Chicago (ORD)
Sold by United. Still flying: 16 of the last 56 days.
Arrives on time71%within 15 minutes, of 83 flights
Cancelled2.4%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late22%of flights that operated
When late, on average134 minlate, among flights 15+ min late
Schedule
Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport (Chicago is 1 h behind Newark).
- Leaves EWR
- 21:40
- Arrives ORD
- 23:30
- Flight time
- 2h 50m
- Days flown, last 8 weeks
- 16 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 EWR
All flights leaving Newark (EWR) at 9–10 pm, wherever they’re going: 71% left within 15 minutes and 5.7% were cancelled (7,201 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.