Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records
UA 538 · Albany (ALB) → Chicago (ORD)
Sold by United. Still flying: 16 of the last 56 days.
Arrives on time65%within 15 minutes, of 32 flights
Cancelled3.1%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late16%of flights that operated
When late, on average169 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 Albany).
- Leaves ALB
- 16:25
- Arrives ORD
- 17:59
- Flight time
- 2h 34m
- Days flown, last 8 weeks
- 16 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 ALB
All flights leaving Albany (ALB) at 4–5 pm, wherever they’re going: 75% left within 15 minutes and 2.6% were cancelled (1,056 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.