Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records
UA 2053 · Newark (EWR) → Chicago (ORD)
Sold by United. Still flying: 56 of the last 56 days (Daily).
Arrives on time77%within 15 minutes, of 244 flights
Cancelled2.9%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late8%of flights that operated
When late, on average82 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
- 13:00
- Arrives ORD
- 14:43
- Flight time
- 2h 43m
- Days flown, last 8 weeks
- 56 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 1–2 pm, wherever they’re going: 81% left within 15 minutes and 2.8% were cancelled (7,993 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.