Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records
UA 587 · Santa Ana (SNA) → Chicago (ORD)
Sold by United. Still flying: 48 of the last 56 days (Mon–Sat).
Arrives on time87%within 15 minutes, of 128 flights
Cancelled0.8%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late1%of flights that operated
When late, on average35 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 Santa Ana).
- Leaves SNA
- 06:45
- Arrives ORD
- 13:09
- Flight time
- 4h 24m
- Days flown, last 8 weeks
- 48 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 SNA
All flights leaving Santa Ana (SNA) at 6–7 am, wherever they’re going: 94% left within 15 minutes and 1.2% were cancelled (3,346 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.