UA1016United Airlines · SAN → ORD
live · 22m ago
Route confirmed United Airlines

UA1016 San DiegoSAN · 06:42 ChicagoORD · 13:01

UA1016 by United Airlines flies from San Diego (SAN) to Chicago (ORD) for the Tue, Sep 22 departure.

Right nowLanded in Chicago · today
12:44

arrived at ORD · 17 min early

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+21 minmedian over 4 operations

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+53+106+159 min
09-22
+0 gate · −17 arrival
09-21
+27 gate · +21 arrival
09-20
+0 gate · +5 arrival
09-19
+159 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
SANSan DiegoOn-time likelySAN delay board →
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
SAN→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
55%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.0%Chance of cancellation

Conditions at SAN and ORD are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days. This route's tracked sample is still thin — treat these as an early read, not a precise forecast.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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T
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T
F
S
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other San Diego to Chicago flights today

same route · United Airlines
UA1710departs 10:40
UA1779departs 14:15
UA2486departs 16:55
UA1100departs 22:30

If UA1016 is cancelled, these are the other United Airlines nonstop flights from San Diego to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SAN local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How UA1016 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for UA1016 across the SAN and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~21 min late. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 2/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how UA1016 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
09-22SAN 06:42 (+0)ORD 13:01 12:44 (−17)
09-21SAN 06:18 06:45 (+27)ORD 12:39 13:00 (+21)
09-20SAN 06:18 (+0)ORD 12:39 12:44 (+5)
09-19SAN ORD 12:39 15:18 (+159)

Board clocks recorded as SAN and ORD published them.

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