Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records
UA 1297 · Raleigh/Durham (RDU) → Chicago (ORD)
Sold by United. Still flying: 37 of the last 56 days (Daily).
Arrives on time72%within 15 minutes, of 37 flights
Cancelled2.7%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late11%of flights that operated
When late, on average116 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 Raleigh/Durham).
- Leaves RDU
- 08:05
- Arrives ORD
- 09:31
- Flight time
- 2h 26m
- Days flown, last 8 weeks
- 37 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 RDU
All flights leaving Raleigh/Durham (RDU) at 8–9 am, wherever they’re going: 88% left within 15 minutes and 1.9% were cancelled (4,130 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.