Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records
UA 279 · San Francisco (SFO) → Chicago (ORD)
Sold by United. Still flying: 19 of the last 56 days.
Arrives on time71%within 15 minutes, of 35 flights
Cancelled0.0%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late9%of flights that operated
When late, on average50 minlate, among flights 15+ min late
Schedule
Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport (Chicago is 2 h ahead of San Francisco).
- Leaves SFO
- 00:50
- Arrives ORD
- 07:16
- Flight time
- 4h 26m
- 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 SFO
All flights leaving San Francisco (SFO) at 12–1 am, wherever they’re going: 78% left within 15 minutes and 1.9% were cancelled (1,203 flights in the year). Other United flights on this route →
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