Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records
UA 312 · Des Moines (DSM) → Chicago (ORD)
Sold by United. Not in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule; last flew 2026-05-20.
Arrives on time73%within 15 minutes, of 123 flights
Cancelled2.4%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late14%of flights that operated
When late, on average106 minlate, among flights 15+ min late
Schedule
Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport.
- Leaves DSM
- 15:24
- Arrives ORD
- 17:00
- Flight time
- 1h 35m
- Days flown, last 8 weeks
- 0 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 DSM
All flights leaving Des Moines (DSM) at 3–4 pm, wherever they’re going: 75% left within 15 minutes and 2.7% were cancelled (1,646 flights in the year). Other United flights on this route →
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