Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records

UA 2499 · Chicago (ORD) → Los Angeles (LAX)

Sold by United. Still flying: 53 of the last 56 days (Daily).

Arrives on time58%within 15 minutes, of 181 flights
Cancelled0.6%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late14%of flights that operated
When late, on average72 minlate, among flights 15+ min late

Schedule

Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport (Los Angeles is 2 h behind Chicago).

Leaves ORD
20:18
Arrives LAX
22:55
Flight time
4h 37m
Days flown, last 8 weeks
53 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.

15+ min late42%
30+ min late26%
1h+ late14%
2h+ late9%
20%40%60% 015301h1h302h3h

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 8–9 pm, wherever they’re going: 63% left within 15 minutes and 4.5% were cancelled (22,199 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.